Some other options if you want it all: Install Ubuntu Desktop or Alternate (I like Alternate just because it gives me more control over the installation). Install VMWare server. Then install Ubuntu server in VMWare. Why is this a good option? Because you don't need to dedicate a lot of resources for the server. 128MB, 256MB tops would take you a long ways if you have a limited machine. Then you can experiment until you are ready to set it up in your desktop environment. OR A previous suggestion was to install server, then using apt-get (or aptitude if you prefer), to install ubuntu-desktop package. I have done this, and though it takes a while to install this way, it does work. Good Luck! - Joey On Dec 6, 2007 4:16 PM, jason reynolds <jeruvin at gmail.com> wrote: > "Suppose you are like me and you want it all. What's the easiest way to > do > an installation? Should I do a desktop installation and then pop in the > server CD to install LAMP? Have any of you tried to install both?" > > With Ubuntu the difference between the server and desktop install is what > packages are installed. Basically: > > Server: Terminal > Desktop: GUI (also has terminal under the GUI stuff) > > You see Linux is like an Ogre... I mean an onion. There are layers to it. > You have: > Linux Kernel -> Terminal Type Stuff -> GUI Application (Gnome) -> GUI > Applications. That's very, very basic (and could be better, but you get the > idea). > > Servers don't need precious cpu cycles to be wasted on GUI stuff when > everything works with config files and services running, which can all be > done with the command line. > > If you take a server install and type "sudo apt-get install ubuntu > desktop" it would install the GUI for you. It will most likely take quite a > while, but you can do it. > > I like the plain old server for my servers as I don't spend a lot of time > with updates to Open Office and other applications I don't need. > > There are a number of guides online to setup Apache, MySQL and PHP on a > Linux platform. For those that would like to know every setting and/or to > learn it could be beneficial to do the long way. the LAMP setup in Ubuntu is > to get a quick setup without having to do any of that configuration stuff at > the start. You'll have a server with those services running. You'll > eventually have to change stuff, but it will at least hand out a web page > after being installed. > > tasksel take a few minutes to run. It's just installing all the packages > and doing a little bit of configuration to get your Apache, MySQL and PHP > working. I'm not sure what it changes. When they say it only take 15 minutes > compared to hours they are talking about the full install from CD using the > LAMP option when prompted towards the end of the install. I skipped that > part during the install and did a tasksel and it only took a few minutes. > > Sorry for the messy post, but I'm too tired today to go back and fix it to > perfection. > > jason > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.mn-linux.org/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20071206/fcefd756/attachment.htm