The best Server

[epuster]

NoOp wrote:
> On 07/09/2008 07:19 AM, Rashkae wrote:
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>> The real difference between server and desktop is the choice of default
>> packages.  If you want a server that can also double as a workstation
>> when needed (a good idea in most cases, methinks), either install server
>> packages on your desktop, or install ubuntu-desktop package on your
>> server, then remove gdm from your runlevel 2.  That way, at boot, non of
>> the graphic apps are loaded (because as conventional Slashdot wisdom
>> asserts, having X running in the background is a huge drain on resources
>> of your server.. </sarcasm>.  If you then want to use a desktop on your
>> server, log in at terminal and re-acquaint yourself with good ol' "starx"
>>
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> Can you advise on how to remove gdm from runlevel 2? I'd like to give
> this a try. Thanks.
>
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The way I've always done this is to simply (re)move /etc/rc2.d/S##gdm
Perhaps this is the wrong way to go about it, but it has worked for me with other programs (such as nagios and samba).

-- Eric