<html> <head> <style> .hmmessage P { margin:0px; padding:0px } body.hmmessage { FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY:Tahoma } </style> </head> <body class='hmmessage'> > To: ubuntu-server@lists.ubuntu.com > From: daniel@rimspace.net > Subject: Re: Install Xwindows to Ubuntu Server > Date: Wed, 1 Oct 2008 23:19:53 +1000 > > I have been reading about the questions posed to Ubuntu. It seems > > that many others have the same trouble as I do. I wonder why Ubuntu > > decided to take the GUI away from the server instllation in the first > > place. It may make the whole program leaner. But for the beginners > > to Linux, Ubuntu, I am sure that efficiency is not their primary > > concern. Their concern is to be up and go to investigate. My understanding in that there is no GUI for security reasons and to save system resources. As a Windows convert myself I have had a learning curve with a variant of Ubuntu server - Ubuntu JeOS. Personally I am glad that the Ubuntu servers are set the way they are as I have had to learn some command line, which will always be useful to know. My ubuntu virtual servers have a smaller disk and memory footprint that if they had a GUI and also they are more secure because of this. SSH makes finding my way round the file system easier. When I first started I was tempted to install a GUI and I could not do it - now I am getting happier using the command line, partly because most of the solutions that are posted to problems are command line also. I agree with the previous reply, that installing LAMP for example on the desktop version would be the simplest solution to needing a server with a GUI. <hr />Try Facebook in Windows Live Messenger! <a href='http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/111354030/direct/01/' target='_new'>Try it Now!</a></body> </html>