Server vs. Workstation

[Guillermo Garron]

On 7/25/07, Bart Silverstrim <bsilver at chrononomicon.com> wrote:
> I'd like to install Ubuntu on some half-decent hardware and use it to
> host some VMWare images for testing.  I wanted to use the Server install
> because it should have a smaller footprint, but to help ease
> administration it would be nice to have access to the graphical tools.
>
> I know I'd get these by default with the workstation install.  Is there
> a way to install these tools and just have them accessible by using a
> separate computer and ssh with X-forwarding so the server would still be
> run comfortably as a headless system?  What packages would I need to
> install to do this?
>
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I think you can install the Desktop version and then make it run in
text-mode, that way the graph tools will be available, I made that
with a CentOS.

best regards.

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Guillermo Garron
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