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after checking on google for the light weight linux distro, I just started using Lubuntu 17.10. I was thinking, in windows there's a service IIS to make it work like a server in local network. Does Lubuntu have something like that? Does Lubuntu work like server by default or do I have to enable something. By installing 3rd party software like xampp/lamp it may work but do I have to install it really? TIA

Nasim K.
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You can use any GNU/Linux distribution as a server but you will need to install couple of packages. The latter are not 3rd party in debian-based distributions, including Ubuntu, since they are part of official repositories. Indeed, it is better to have a light distribution. General rules recommend to not use graphical environment for a server. Ubuntu provides a much lighter version dedicate for servers During the installation, you will be prompt to choose which kind of server you want to install, it is call Tasksel. You can also install the packages after the installation. If you stick to Lubuntu, you will need to install the packages after the installation. After the installation, in a terminal, you can either use Taskel, e.g. for a LAMP server

sudo tasksel install lamp-server

or APT

sudo apt install apache2 php mysql-server libapache2-mod-php php-mysql
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