Reasons to Deploy With Ubuntu Server

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11 pointsbkerensa4 comments

One reason not to use it: the risk that the flailing of the desktop/client/table/mobile version will bleed over into the server version. I expect my servers to be very boring and I've always been concerned by the rapid changing in the Ubuntu ecosystem. (Note: I used Debian Stable on servers with some packages updated to Testing versions.)

The main benefit of Ubuntu was the focus brought by Canonical to the GUI and GUI tools. By the same token, I've consistently been wary of running Ubuntu on the server...

Now I want to have server-grade hardware in order to try out MAAS, Juju, etc.

I just spun up juju on AWS and was pretty impressed with how damn easy it was (the toughest part was looking up my AWS keys). Now I'm really excited to play around with it and see how it interacts with Chef.

You don't need much, there's virtual-MAAS now:

- http://jujucharms.com/~virtual-maasers/precise/virtual-maas

Not finished, here be dragons, etc. but it works.

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