Or you can install a CLI system from the alternate cd. pmt aka brobostigon
On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 06:08:49PM +0100, doug livesey wrote: > Hi -- I have a laptop that is really struggling to display anything, as > something that handles display in both windows & the Ubuntu loader is very > gone. > (Trying to install Xubuntu, I get as far as clicking "next" on the keyboard > layout chooser, then weird stripes begin to follow the mouse around, and we > hang. Not especially healthy.) > Not really liking to let things die gracefully & be at peace, I wondered if I > could perhaps install just the basic, command-line parts of Ubuntu (linux with > all the package managers, I guess) & see if I can get it running as a little > server for cron jobs or something that I can just ssh on to. > What would I be looking for to do this? > Cheers, > Doug. > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
