Preface

Welcome to Ubuntu Server Cookbook, a step-by-step guide to your own Ubuntu server.

Ubuntu is an open source operating system, or rather, I should say that Ubuntu is a mission to provide quality software to everybody without any cost. As mentioned on the official site, the meaning of the word Ubuntu is I am, cause we are and Ubuntu is working hard towards their mission by being more than just a free operating system.

Ubuntu is based on Debian, a well-established Linux distribution. However, Debian is kind of limited to geeks. Ubuntu added an easy user interface named Unity that made it popular with various desktop users. One answer on Ask Ubuntu compares Ubuntu and Debian to a local restaurant and a farmer, respectively. Ubuntu carefully ...

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