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I need to set up a Mercurial server for experimentation. The setup will be in a virtual machine, and I figured this was a good time to check out Ubuntu (the other option was Windows).

The Mercurial server will be light use; as it is purely for lab / demonstration purposes; however, I need to set up a full multi-repository server, which requires a web server (Apache seems to be the obvious choice).

So, the question is: should I start with Ubuntu Desktop or Server?

Thanks!

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  • Do you really need a server? Mercurial is distributed and this is a huge advantage of it.
    – vh1
    Sep 17, 2010 at 22:34
  • @vh1 - that's the great thing about Mecurial (and other Distributed SCM tools) You can use them in a both Centralized and Distributed fashion! Sep 18, 2010 at 1:34

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It doesn't really matter - you can install the same packages (such as apache2) on Ubuntu Server and Ubuntu Desktop.

If you start with Ubuntu Desktop, you will need to install server related packages whereas Ubuntu Server comes with them pre-installed. You will also probably want to uninstall software not required for a server.

If you start with Ubuntu Server and need/want a graphical user interface (by default it is just command line) and desktop applications, you will have to install these.

Ubuntu Server FAQ

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