On Sun, Oct 19, 2008 at 1:36 AM, Arun Khan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Friday 17 Oct 2008, IPS Khurana wrote: > >> that does Ubuntu Server edition includes Ubuntu Desktop features >> also, or it has only server features. >> Like SUSE contains both server and desktop features in a single DVD. >> Cause i want to apply for Ubuntu latest version, but i want both in >> one dvd only. >> Or do i have to register for both seperate desktop edition and server >> edition. > > Ubuntu server version does not include any desktop. It does not have > any GUI at all. > > If you want to add a desktop to the server then you will have to install > the desktop packages from the desktop CD/DVD. > > -- > Arun Khan > > -- > http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers >
If you install the server, you don't get a GUI out of the box. You can install the desktop environment by using apt-get install ubuntu-desktop though. I'm assuming your server install has a network connection to the repositories. cheers, Sameer -- Dr. Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Information Systems San Francisco State University San Francisco CA 94132 USA http://verma.sfsu.edu/ http://opensource.sfsu.edu/ -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
