Lastly, users will be able to configure how do they want to manage upgrades on the respective system (automatic, manual, or via Landscape), and choose which server software packages to install (OpenSSH, DNS, LAMP, Mail, PostgreSQL database, Print, Samba, Tomcat, Virtual Machine host). In addition, you can configure the network by entering a hostname, set up users and passwords, encrypt the home directory, configure the clock, and partition the disks using normal or encrypted LVM (Logical Volume Manager). When installing the Ubuntu Server operating system, you will be asked to choose the language that will be used during the entire installation process, select your location, and configure the keyboard. It is also important to mention that users will be able to rescue a broken system, run a memory test, or start an existing operating system installed on the first disk drive directly from the boot prompt. The boot prompt of this OS is very important, as it allows users to install the operating system on a single machine, or deploy multiple server installations using Canonical’s MAAS (Metal as a Service) technology. The system is officially supported on the 64-bit (amd64), 32-bit (i386), PowerPC (PPC), PowerPC64 Little-Endian (PPC64el) and 64-bit Mac (amd64) hardware platforms. It is understandable that there’s no live session, because a true server distribution comes without a graphical desktop environment. It is available for download as installable-only, CD-size hybrid ISO images that can be written to blank CD discs or USB flash drives. Distributed as installable-only ISO images for numerous hardware platforms

Ubuntu Server is an open source distribution of Linux that provides users with a sophisticated server operating system based on the world’s most popular free OS, Ubuntu Linux.

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