From: Robert Comer 

>Not appropriate for servers?

Pretty much, everything's geared as a desktop.

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Bob Comer


On Wed, 16 May 2007 13:12:05 -0400, Gary Britt
 wrote:

>What about using Linspire which is built on Ubuntu but configured for easy
>downloading and installing of programs?
>
>Not appropriate for servers?
>
>Gary
>
>Robert Comer wrote:
>>> 1. What did you hate about Ubuntu server?
>>
>> No ability to add anything during the install, you end up with a very
>> minimal system and you just have to know how to download and install
>> more.  I prefer that to be done at install time, less confusion and
>> looking up things on the web.
>>
>>> 2. (Blushing in ignorance) A bridge server is a cross-trust
thing between
two
>>> domains?  Or is this a software substitute for a $20 router in bridging
mode
>>> (g)?
>>> Something to do with sharing DNS for two segments?  A segment and VPN
users?
>>
>> Not at all in this case, it's a network (TCP) bridge to route traffic
>> between LAN's and subnets.
>>
>> A $20 router can't do more than 2 subnets and it sure as heck can't do
>> token ring LAN's.
>>
>>> (Actually I'm wondering what those mostly-benign, automatically-created,
>>> seldom-useful "software bridges" between adapters do in NT.)
>>
>> It's kind of the same thing, but between more than 2 connections.  the
>> routing gets kind of hairy if you don't know what you're doing.
>>

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