[20:24] <wesdom> what is the best ami for a base install of ubuntu
[20:25] <wesdom> 64 bit
[20:37] <erichammond> wesdom: If you're ok with testing an AMI which not a lot of people have used in production yet, then I would recommend trying out the Ubuntu Karmic Beta AMI from Canonical and then upgrade to the released version when it comes out at the end of the month.
[20:47] <wesdom> is that amd64
[20:48] <erichammond> wesdom: It is available in both 32-bit and 64-bit, in both us-east-1 and eu-west-1.
[20:48] <erichammond> I've listed the AMI ids a little ways down from the top of http://alestic.com
[20:53] <wesdom> erichammond: would that be in the aws mc
[20:54] <erichammond> wesdom: What is "aws mc"?
[20:54] <wesdom> aws management console
[20:54] <erichammond> Yes, you can run any AMI in the console to which you have access.
[20:55] <erichammond> Finding the right AMI in the console is a completely different story and is nearly impossible.
[20:55] <erichammond> If you have the AMI id you might be able to search on that.
[20:56] <wesdom> ami-eef61587
[21:05] <erichammond> wesdom: That's a solid AMI (I built it) but if you're just getting started, I'd recommend trying the Karmic.
[21:23] <wesdom> erichammond: http://uec-images.ubuntu.com/releases/karmic/beta/
[21:23] <wesdom> that the ones
[21:23] <wesdom> 1?
[21:24] <erichammond> currently, yes.
[21:24] <erichammond> The exact page changes from time to time, so I also publish the latest ids a bit down the page on http://alestic.com
[21:25] <erichammond> (second blue table)
[21:26] <wesdom> my bad totally didn't see that
[22:29] <wesdom> erichammond:  cannot ssh in
[22:30] <wesdom> it wants me to be an ubuntu user
[22:33] <wesdom> Please login as the ubuntu user rather than root user.
[22:35] <wesdom> nm
[22:35] <wesdom> lol
[23:54] <wesdom> erichammond: Thanks for your help everything is good and working ok