[ubuntu-us-mn] Desktop On server Ubuntu 8.1

[Tony Yarusso]

On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 6:03 PM, Tony Yarusso <tonyyarusso at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 5:34 PM, Brian D <bkd1958 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>> I recently loaded Ubuntu 8.1 server. Is there a desktop for this? If so,
>> what one/ones do you recomend? And where do I download it from?
>> Or is it your suggestion that I learn the command line commands for
>> adminitrating the server? At this time, I just plan on using the server as a
>> file server at home. But also plan on experimenting with other options with
>> it.
>>
>> Thank you.
>
> By default there is no GUI with the server installation.  You can
> install various desktop environments on top of that through the
> package manager, but that will primarily just give you desktop things
> and still not a GUI for server administration tasks.  Generally it is
> best to learn how to use a server from the command line, but for those
> who want a GUI the recommended things to use is eBox, which is a
> web-based interface.  More information on that can be found at
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/eBox.
>
> --
> Tony Yarusso
> http://tonyyarusso.com/
>

Oh yeah, and also check out https://help.ubuntu.com/8.10/serverguide/C/.

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Tony Yarusso
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