Ubuntu Server Set Up must haves...

[bruce.labitt at autoliv.com]

This morning I'm hoping to install Ubuntu 9.10 Server on a Dell 2950.  My 
version of the 2950 comes with a PERC4E 'configured' as RAID 5.  I think I 
have all the info I need for that.  (At this point, I don't have much use 
for the RAID, but I can see it becoming more important to me in the 
future.)  According to Ubuntu, the 2950 & 9.04 are compatible, whatever 
that means.

Hopefully, when 10.4 LTS comes out, I'll upgrade to that.  8.04LTS is a 
bit "old" for me.

Do list members have any suggestions for "must haves" for the Server?

I am planning on 
tftp server  -- required to boot my external blade computer
nfs server   -- required for the external blade computer's file system
ntp
OpenSSH server 
Webmin

all gcc build / debug tools
all python / numpy/scipy tools
visualization tools
favorite editors

Any other tools that I might as well install in the beginning?

The intent of the server (for the moment) is a "faster" computation engine 
for my engineering software (written in C/C++ and python).  At the moment, 
I'm the sole user :).  I intend to use as many cores as possible...

I've done many Desktop installs of Ubuntu, but none for a server.  Any 
must haves?  Anything I should watch out for? 

TIA

Bruce


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