Best way to install ubuntu with fvwm2 Window Manager?

[Michael V. De Palatis]

On Wed, Oct 04, 2006 at 10:18:10AM +0100, cl at isbd.net wrote:
> I want to run ubuntu with the FVWM2 Window manager.  What's the best
> way to install:-
> 
>     Install Ubuntu Desktop and then 'switch off' Gnome and use FVWM2
>     instead.
> 
> or:-
> 
>     Install Ubuntu Server and add all the bits I need to run X and
>     thus FVWM2.

I would personally go with this second option... Alternatively, you
can try to use the "Alternative Install," which I know very little
about since I haven't tried it before.

Either way, this would allow you to have somewhat less on your
machine, but still would take a little more work. If you don't really
care if Gnome is sitting on your machine, then the first option would
actually be considerably easier. If space is an issue, though...

> Also does Ubuntu Desktop have *everything* that's in Ubuntu Server?
> My home Linux system is both my desktop machine *and* a home network
> server so I want an X desktop and a LAMP server.

I'm not completely sure on this, but I think the server installs some
slightly different stuff by default. Most likely the installer will
tell you whether or not they are the same apart from having X.

-- 
Michael V. De Palatis
Georgia Institute of Technology
School of Physics
837 State Street
Atlanta, GA 30332-0430

mvd 'at' gatech [dot] edu
http://mike.depalatis.net