I’ve pretty much completed the setup of my new server.  Ubuntu server was incredibly easy to get setup and running, and come with a built-in LAMP and OpenSSH installs that work out of the box (or more accurately, off the disc).  Also, using the Debian apt-get system, I got an FTP server, SSL server, and some perl and php modules.  I installed webmin (a browser-based administration system) and set up wordpress and mediawiki smoothly and quickly.  Setup and running a webserver on Ubuntu is extremely easy and I am very pleased with it.  It’s more secure and alot easier for me to manage and keep up to date.  And also, not to mention faster since its on a pentium 3 server now.  I like it alot and my old server will soon finally go offline.