[NTLUG:Discuss] Which Server Distro?

[Eric Waguespack]

> You might want to install Ubuntu 9.10 (end of life April 2011) as an
> interim fix and then do the online upgrade to 10.04 LTS sometime after
> April 2010. Release 10.04 LTS has a "server" end of life in April
> 2015.
> I have been very happy with Ubuntu 9.04 on the desktop and the
> commentary on the upgrade to 9.10 is good.
>

I second this recommendation, I have used debian, redhat (and centos),
and ubuntu extensively on servers (among others)... and they are all
quite good, but in your case I think going with 9.10 and upgrading to
10.04 LTS is a good plan. Generally your distro / os is dictated by
requirements (hardware / development / support / etc) but if you just
need an "appliance" or a commodity ftp / dns / whatever, then ubuntu
works as well as any.