Did something similar on a Dacia Logan VAN (2009) model. I wrote some details (article is in Romanian) and posted some pics.

Is it just me or the link returns a 404?

Honestly I would replace Ubuntu with an actual operating system designed for servers.

Almost everything except Ubuntu and SuSe.

The truth is that his army had been doing a really great job over the past year so his high hopes are clearly motivated. /s