GUIs on servers and servergui factoid

Adam McGreggor adam at amyl.org.uk
Wed Mar 12 23:17:52 UTC 2008


On Wed, Mar 12, 2008 at 02:19:55PM -0700, Neal McBurnett wrote:
> Re: requests for servergui factoid
> 
> I reviewed the https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ServerGUI page and
> made some changes to describe running just x11 clients over ssh, and
> a few details about avahi - see the Page History for details.
> 
> I suggest this for a factoid entry, and will work with the folks in
> #ubuntu-ops to teach it to ubotu if folks like it:
> 
> servergui:
> 
>  Ubuntu server does not install a desktop environment or X11 by

is "desktop environment" defined elsewhere?

>  default in order to enhance security, efficiency and performance.
>  !eBox provides a GUI management option via a web interface.  See

- !eBox provides a GUI management option via a web interface.  See
+ !eBox provides a web interface to systems management users can install. See

>  https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ServerGUI for more background and
>  options.

(I think i've remembered correctly that ebox isn't going to be
installed, by default. That's correct, isn't it?)




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