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So I started over again with the LAPP iso, wiped the HD clean and did a new install.
This is called a bare metal install and it sounds like you did the right thing.
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This time, I get Turnkey Linux Config console, with the only option of an "advanced menu". Quitting the console yields a lapp login - for which I have not clue what the login and pw would be. However it appears from this that the system is running but without a GUI. Looking at the docs at Turnkey linux website was not a lot of help either.
TurnkeyLinux (TKL) is purely server based images that have a command line and no GUI. While it is possible to install a GUI through the package manage "aptitude", it really defeats the purpose. Instead you access all config options and database manipulations through a web interface.
The config console is the place you set the IP address of your server, otherwise it will DHCP and unless set to reserved in your router may change when lease time expires.
The login is always "root" (until you add more users) and the password is the same one you were prompted for during setup.
This was all explained in the video. The only difference between what you want/need and the video is that I used virtualisation, you are using bare metal.
If you want to go with the GUI method (Ubuntu and LAMP/LAPP) you will need to install ubuntu and then open a terminal window and install packages using aptitude or (better) tasksel (as described below).
I dont recommend this method as I mentioned before TKL has all the config options available in the web gui plus if you ever get your software hosted I can almost guarantee it will be a virtual appliance and it will NOT have the full ubuntu installed (if Ubuntu at all!).
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1. I want a GUI, so should I start over with Ubuntu
I highly recommend you get used to the web GUI and Command Line in Ubuntu server.
The web GUI has more detail than you will ever need to setup your server.
To access it simply point a browser at the ip address the server is setup as.
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2. What does the LAPP stack really do? I "thought" that it was a preconfigured installer that would either install the Ubuntu with GUI + Apache (configured) + PHP + PostrgreSQL(condfigured). But that does not appear to be accurate.
You are mashing up terms a bit.
What you said in the second last sentence here is perfectly correct - pre-configured LAPP appliance.
It probably does not look like much from the command line interface but I assure you it is a fully capable server.
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3. Is there something else I missed?
For more info (docs) go to
http://doc.ubuntu.com/It definitely takes an investment of your time to get WE apps working the way you want because developing the WE app is half the story!