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- | ====== Headless Ubuntu server with a thin GUI ====== | + | ====== Headless Ubuntu server with a thin VNC GUI ====== |
+ | ===== Ubuntu 10.04 ===== | ||
+ | |||
+ | As root, do: | ||
+ | < | ||
+ | # apt-get update | ||
+ | # apt-get dist-upgrade | ||
+ | # apt-get install --no-install-recommends xfce4 vnc4server xfce4-terminal xfonts-base xubuntu-icon-theme gksu synaptic | ||
+ | </ | ||
+ | |||
+ | Run vncserver once to create the initial setup. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Edit '' | ||
+ | < | ||
+ | xfce4-session | ||
+ | vncserver -kill $DISPLAY | ||
+ | exit | ||
+ | </ | ||
+ | This way the VNC session is destroyed when you log out. | ||
+ | |||
+ | To run the vnc server: | ||
+ | < | ||
+ | $ vncserver | ||
+ | </ | ||
+ | |||
+ | You can also use X-forwarding with SSH to launch GUI apps from the command line. On Windows, first install an X client such as [[http:// | ||
+ | < | ||
+ | client$ ssh -X server | ||
+ | server$ xfce4-terminal & | ||
+ | (it appears!) | ||
+ | </ | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===== Ubuntu 9.04 ===== | ||
Install Ubuntu. | Install Ubuntu. |
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