[ubuntu-uk] install just the command-line

[Philip Taylor]

Or you can install a CLI system from the alternate cd.

pmt aka brobostigon

On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 06:08:49PM +0100, doug livesey wrote:
> Hi -- I have a laptop that is really struggling to display anything, as
> something that handles display in both windows & the Ubuntu loader is very
> gone.
> (Trying to install Xubuntu, I get as far as clicking "next" on the keyboard
> layout chooser, then weird stripes begin to follow the mouse around, and we
> hang. Not especially healthy.)
> Not really liking to let things die gracefully & be at peace, I wondered if I
> could perhaps install just the basic, command-line parts of Ubuntu (linux with
> all the package managers, I guess) & see if I can get it running as a little
> server for cron jobs or something that I can just ssh on to.
> What would I be looking for to do this?
> Cheers,
>    Doug.

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