ubuntu-server and remote X displays

[Tom H]

On Sun, May 30, 2010 at 8:00 PM, Alan McKay <alan.mckay at gmail.com> wrote:
> OK, to answer my own question, a buddy has an ubuntu server so I did a
> fake install of firefox
>
> apt-get -s install firefox
>
> and it spat back everything that would be installed with that -
> basically all of gnome/X and a crapload of other stuff.  I guess it
> assumes it will be displayed locally or something.
>
> In any case, given this, is there any reason to use ubuntu server
> versus ubuntu desktop on this box?  Since I'll be remote displaying
> everything back to my desktop?  This will be completely headless so
> I'm thinking it would still be best to just use ubuntu server and let
> it install all that stuff.

There is no point in just installing Ubuntu server (or any other
X-less version of a distribution) if you want to run GUI apps.