Thanks John, do you know of anything in 9+ that might make it worth expending the extra effort to install? Perhaps I should go with Ubuntu 10.11 Oneric which isn't an LTS release, but it does have an official package for PostreSQL 9.1.
UPDATE:
Having read this - http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/whichbuntu - I think I'll just go with 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot rather than the older 10.04 LTS release.
Please keep in mind that LTSes (Long Term Support releases) are not necessarily stabler than other releases. LTS simply means they gets three years of security updates (five years for servers) instead of just eighteen months. I would always recommend the newest release to users who are doing a clean install (as opposed to an upgrade) of Ubuntu. If you're concerned about stability, you may want to wait a little over a month after the release date for the major bugs to be fixed.
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