On 12/11/2009 13:49, Paul Roach wrote: > > I'm afraid to say I follow the rest of the herd with this - and I've > not come across an administrative function yet that "requires" a gui > on an Ubuntu server. If I need to move files around and i feel it > will be quicker graphically I just ssh://ipaddress within nautilus and > copy files around that way. Updates and installations are easily > achieved with Apt-get/Aptitude - and it's even possible to remotely > install a distro using ssh, by converting the swap partition to ext2 > and installing to that - all at the command line.... > > The only example I can think of where a graphical environment would > need to be installed would be Tony's example - using FreeNX to create > a terminal server. > > That said - if you must install a graphical environment - I'd install > the server version first and add the desktop (preferably a lightweight > one) rather than installing the Desktop edition along with all it's > bloat...
The only time I would install a complete desktop on a server is if it is to run as an LTSP server. Then it can need everything a desktop requires. When I last installed an LTSP server I was also pleased to see that FreeNX works with it as well. :-) Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
