2006AUG121132

Gui, server?

So this leads me to the next decision, do you use a server with the GUI setup (in my view bad) or the SERVER setup (good, but time consuming & PIA, carpel tunnel.)?

 

My main gripe using the GUI setup is the sheer number of holes you expose a server to. GNOME, Gnome applications, GNOME libs. The biggest peeve is ubuntu does not allow a default install of minimal apps & instead installs heaps of things you really dont need.

 

Burn your own

While you can get a GUI version shipped to you, you have to burn your own server copy. Downloading the 400Mb+ is a pain. Don't use a browser. Use ftp.

 

FTP all the way

Using ftp to download has several advantages. You can use a more reliable bit of software (ftp vs firefox, now theres a thread you can arc up about). Heres why.

 

If firefox times out becuase your browsing flickr and max out the new connections, your download can be killed. But with ftp you can do the following ...

 

$ ftp mirror.aarnet.edu.au/

Name (mirror.aarnet.edu.au:fb): anonymous

...

Password: anonymous

...

ftp>cd pub/ubuntu/releases/6.06

ftp>reget ubuntu-server-6.06-i386.iso ubuntu-server-6.06-i386.iso

 

Now what did I just do? If you old upload has failed at say 399Mb and you still have more to go, you have just told ftp to resume download from ftp server at the last position your download failed.

 

You acheive this using the reget command instead of using the get command. It also assumes you have the original file. This saves heaps of time.

 

Try that with your browser.

 

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