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Unread 03-14-2007, 12:18 PM   #2
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Default Re: Ubuntu Linux

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Originally Posted by jaylweb
One of my IT counterparts at another location in my company claims that he loaded Ubuntu Linux on his snap server because he was unsatisfied with SnapOS. He never built a web interface, so it was all command line. He claims you can install it on embedded devices. Has anyone else tried this? I don't dare mess with either of my two production servers.

Here's a transcript of what he said to me via email.
The 4200's and similar are the ones that you can set up monitors and stuff on them...


We believed it be possible to reflash it to some other os, just wasnt sure how. But we have had people putting cd drives on it and getting other OS's going



As a side point... Why Ubuntu...?
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