New to Ubuntu Server 8.04

[Neal McBurnett]

On Mon, Jul 07, 2008 at 11:45:05PM -0400, Brett Alton wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 7, 2008 at 11:36 PM, Mustafa Chittalwala
> <mustafa.chittalwala at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > Hi i have installed ubuntu server 8.04 and i dont have any packages with me
> > and it is not connect to internet, and i want to bring server in GUI Mode
> > can any 1 help me step by step what to do to bring server in gui mode
> >
> > Awaiting for your prompr reply

> I think you need to install ubuntu-desktop, or basically Ubuntu from
> the alternate CD. That will install basic Ubuntu with GNOME (and a lot
> of programs). If you need a GUI for a server, it is recommended to use
> XFCE (Xubuntu) or Fluxbox (Flubuntu (unofficial)) due to lower
> overhead.

First we need to know what sort of server do you want, what sort of
GUI you want and what you want to do with it.

See https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ServerGUI for lots more on this
subject.  E.g. you can get GUI administration remotely by using eBox
to get a web gui on the server and a browser on some other machine.
eBox probably has more tools specific to server administration than
Xubuntu (XFCE) or GNOME.

And also learn some of the reasons why you might want to avoid running
a desktop on the server.

Cheers,

Neal McBurnett                 http://mcburnett.org/neal/