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Server Edition question

Asked by quikone

I have just started experimenting and testing Ubuntu. I had previously tried Fedora and was not impressed. Anyway, I have two questions. I will be using a Dell server with Ubuntu 8.04. My first question is; can I install the server edition, but add a GUI to it, and if so which one and how? Question two I think is a bit more complex; I am running a Network server On MS Server 2003 and a Terminal Server on MS 2003, the question is do I need special software or hardware to have the Ubuntu box part of that server farm, and if so what and how?

Thanks,

Ron

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marcobra (Marco Braida) (marcobra) said : 		#1

To add Gnome Desktop Manager to your Ubuntu server please type:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop

give your user password when requested, you don't see nothing when you type it, then press enter.

Hope this helps

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quikone (ron-tasteoflifestores) said : 		#2

Thanks,

That solves the intial problem, does anyone know the answer to the second half.

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Ralph Janke (txwikinger) said : 		#3

If you prefer the KDE Desktop environment instead of Gnome, you can install the kubuntu-desktop package instead of

What do you consider being part of the server farm? You can use samba in the right configuration to integrate the linux server as a file and print server using the Active Directory authentication. The samba website has several good examples for configurations (http://http://us3.samba.org/samba/docs/man/Samba-Guide/)

It is also possible to use connect pam to the AD via LDAP in order to allow logins into the ubuntu server.

I hope this helps.

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