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Without extensive documentation I'm not sure it's easier to carefully review these preconfigured images than it is to setup one yourself from scratch.

Instead of VM images I wish there was a modular, heavily documented and peer-reviewed script-based solution for turning e.g. an Ubuntu default install into a hardened LAMP server configured according to best-practices.

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It depends for what you want the images. In most cases, mainstream users don't care how the images are set up internally. They just want a Dokuwiki or Redmine instance and images like this allow them to quickly have one up and running that they can use right away, without having to read a lot of documentation or tinker with scripts.

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