A Simple Move from Fedora Core 6 to Ubuntu Feisty Server
Its as simple as backing up your current files from the webserver. You should start with your html files and directories. Then I recommend your entire /etc directory just in case; you really only need your apache, ftp, php.ini, apache modules, and a few other things, but having the entire folder has come in handy in the past. Also if you use a mysql database backup /var/lib/mysql. The mysql folder contains all of your databased, and once your new server is up and running all you have to do is copy your based up mysql folder to its new home and bam, everything will work.
Thats really all there is to it. Now install the new server software, and proceed to transfer your backed up files accordingly. I recommend ssh. With Ubuntu ssh is as easy as dragging and dropping files and folders. I will be using Ubuntu Feisty 7.04 Server, but there are a lot of other options to choose from. I have considered using another graphical desktop, which I am accustomed to with my current Fedora Core setup, but I feel the graphical interface is now unnecessary. Eliminating the graphical desktop should save substantial system resources, allowing my 900 MHz Pentium 3 perform optimally.
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