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Don't know how to login to the server edition

Asked by Cosmopoet

Hello,

I am trying to login to the server edition. I am completely lost.It offers a login but what are the credentials?
What am I supposed to see here? I have no problem on the install but how do I use this? It boots into what I see as a non graphical screen and what is this sudo stuff? Talking about confusing... Where is the GUI....?

Thanks for any help I do appreciate it.
Cosmopoet

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Jim Hutchinson (jphutch) said : 		#1

The server edition is a bare bones install. Servers don't need a gui to do what they do. It's unnecessary overhead. You can of course install a desktop environment but it's not needed. I'm assuming you installed a server edition because you plan to run a server. If you just want a regular desktop computer you can "complete" the install by typing:

sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop

or just reinstall a desktop edition.

To log in, use the username you created at install and the password. It won't show anything for the password but it's being entered. After you type it hit enter and you will be logged in.

Sudo is the command to give you admin rights in order to change things. It is a security measure and a very good one. Type sudo and then a command. You will be asked for your password (after entering it, it is remembered for 15 mins so you can continue to make changes and not need to enter your password over and over).

Hope that helps.

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Cosmopoet (jvoldeck) said : 		#2

Hello Jim,

Thanks I agree about the GUI overhead but being a Windows server admin for a number of years I am used to it. And yes I want a Linux server because I want to learn it for my hosting company. However I am not going to do well without a GUI. (just being honest here)

I logged in and I see my name with a dollar sign next to the ending syntax.

I this where I add the line for the GUI download/install?

Thanks again for the help

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Jim Hutchinson (jphutch) said : 		#3

Yes. Just run the

sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop

and then type

startx

or reboot to get the gui.

To be honest, I don't know if the ubuntu-desktop is the best for a server, but I don't know what else would be good. It's the lighter weight version of the common desktop options so probably fine.

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Cosmopoet (jvoldeck) said : 		#4

Hello Jim,

"To be honest, I don't know if the ubuntu-desktop is the best for a server, but I don't know what else would be good. It's the lighter weight version of the common desktop options so probably fine."

Well I think at the moment this is the best answer as you pointed out. And on the flip side it was also said many time in this forum that the server doesn't need a GUI. Yes. the server doesn't but people do.

This might be an awsome addition to the next versions of the server...?

I can give an example here for the purpose of the GUI. Most production servers that I am aware of usually are configured and then left alone. So then this is just a tweak or a setting. Not someone playing on the box for hours.

Just a hopefull wish for a default lightweight GUI specigically for the server gus in the IT world.

Thanks again

Cosmopoet

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Jim Hutchinson (jphutch) said : 		#5

Glad I could help.