Ubuntu Server graphical interface?

[Dustin Kirkland]

On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 1:13 PM, Sander van Vugt
<sander.van.vugt at xs4all.nl> wrote:
> Sure, I know, you shouldn't run a graphical interface on a server. But
> some of my customers just want to be able to start up a graphical
> environment anyway. And since it's my task to server my customers in the
> most optimal way, I'd like to have some advice here: is there any
> recommended procedure of setting up X on Ubuntu Server, or is something
> like

Hi there,

So disclaimer first...  Ubuntu Server does not contain an X interface,
for various reasons, mainly performance and security.

That said, a number of people have suggested several alternatives, all
of which are trivial to install.

I haven't seen anyone yet mention "fluxbox".  It, too, is a very
minimal approach to a gui desktop.  I've used it in several places
where I have very tight space restrictions (ie, where the root disk =
512M flash card).  It does, however, reside in Universe.


Thanks,
:-Dustin