Well I finally took the plunge and installed Ubuntu 7.04 server onto the family computer (A Shuttle XPC SG41) and it went suprisingly well. I only had a couple of issues.
1. The server edition doesn’t come with the Gnome desktop but a quick search on Google produced some clear instructions on how to install it.
2. The bigger problem was that Grub didn’t get installed with an entry for the existing Windows XP installation. However I had previously set up 7.04 desktop on a laptop and I was able to copy the relevant bits into the Grub menu list and it worked a treat.
Yeah – the server edition is quite cut-down compared to the desktop edition. I believe (if memory serves) that the desktop edition does handle setting up GRUB for dual-booting with Windows.