DOES Ubuntu 8.04 LTS Server Edition has default GUI.

debian debiani386 at gmail.com
Thu Jul 10 19:08:53 UTC 2008


On Thu, 2008-07-10 at 09:18 -0400, Rashkae wrote:
> Srinivas Thimmappa wrote:
> > Thank you very much mks.
> > I don't find ubuntu-desktop package in my sever edition CD. Should this downloaded.
> > 
> 
> Ubuntu relies on on-line repositories.  The CD only contains a default
> set of packages for fast install.  Your computer should be on-line to
> the Internet and then the package manager will take care of finding
> packages for you.
> 
> There are alternative methods, but be aware that to put all packages on
> discs, for example, takes 6 DVDs
> 
well from what ive heard, ubuntu-server only includes a text-based
terminal as a user interface. You can, however, go sudo apt-get install
ubuntu-desktop or sudo apt-get install gnome (if you just want a basic
gnome w/o all the ubuntu-desktop stuff)

--cj





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