<div>Hi all,</div> <div> </div> <div>I managed to get the server version removed and i've installed the desktop version. Its much more cool than the server version. I think on any day it competes with Windows XP.</div> <div> </div> <div>So far am impressed !</div> <div> </div> <div>Cheers<BR><BR><B><I>Thomas Smith <tom71713-ubuntu@inqone.com></I></B> wrote:</div> <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">As a previous poster mentioned... Desktop, server... It's all from <BR>the same pool, just different packages are installed.<BR><BR>So if you install "Server" and decide that you want some Desktop <BR>functionality, just install the Desktop apps you want--including <BR>specific "Desktop" kernels.<BR><BR><BR>On May 3, 2007, at 6:32 AM, Brad Johnson wrote:<BR><BR>> On Thu, 2007-05-03 at 10:11 +0200, Rutger van Haasteren wrote:<BR>>><BR>>> You could dual-boot both
the server and desktop installation<BR>>> but since<BR>>> it's a laptop and you said you wanted the desktop <BR>>> installation<BR>>> the<BR>>> answer to your question is to just reinstall the desktop<BR>>> installation<BR>>> over your current server installation.<BR>>><BR>>> That is hardly necessary. Just install the desktop with "sudo apt-get<BR>>> install ubuntu-desktop" as David suggested, and you're good to go.<BR>>> Remember: the server edition just has other packages installed than<BR>>> the desktop edition. With the apt-get command you will install the<BR>>> missing desktop ones.<BR>>><BR>>> Rutger<BR>><BR>> There are Kernel differences in the server installation. Some may be<BR>> good differences but it can't be guaranteed that he'll have ALL the<BR>> hooks, bells & whistles of the normal desktop installation & Kernel <BR>> just<BR>> by installing
the Ubuntu Desktop package.<BR>><BR>> I've done the very thing your suggesting with a Sun Blade 100<BR>> Workstation. I had to install the server installation as that is all<BR>> that is/was supported for the SPARC Architecture. The user is asked <BR>> many<BR>> configuration questions during the installation of packages which are<BR>> not asked by the ubuntu desktop installer.<BR>><BR>> Brad<BR>><BR>><BR>> -- <BR>> ubuntu-users mailing list<BR>> ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com<BR>> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/ <BR>> listinfo/ubuntu-users<BR><BR><BR>-- <BR>ubuntu-users mailing list<BR>ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com<BR>Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users<BR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><p>
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