The best Server

[NoOp]

On 07/09/2008 07:19 AM, Rashkae wrote:

> 
> The real difference between server and desktop is the choice of default
> packages.  If you want a server that can also double as a workstation
> when needed (a good idea in most cases, methinks), either install server
> packages on your desktop, or install ubuntu-desktop package on your
> server, then remove gdm from your runlevel 2.  That way, at boot, non of
> the graphic apps are loaded (because as conventional Slashdot wisdom
> asserts, having X running in the background is a huge drain on resources
> of your server.. </sarcasm>.  If you then want to use a desktop on your
> server, log in at terminal and re-acquaint yourself with good ol' "starx"
> 
> 

Can you advise on how to remove gdm from runlevel 2? I'd like to give
this a try. Thanks.