[AuckLUG] Ubuntu 7.10 server

[Daniel Pittman]

"grant wood" <grant.wood at xtra.co.nz> writes:

> Hi I have bought a 7.10 server OS on a disc and have loaded it onto a
> clean hard drive and have only come up with an ms/dos type os. 

A command line only system?

> Should this be gui and if so what do I do next as it seems to be hung
> in ms/dos anmd I must admit I'm pretty ignorant with this os.

That is precisely what the "Server" version of Ubuntu is: a system
designed to run services without any GUI install.  However, this is
pleasantly easy to solve:

Log in, and run the command as root -- using sudo, typically:

    aptitude install ubuntu-desktop

That will install all the standard components of a graphical Ubuntu
desktop for you, giving you all the GUI stuff you expected.  You can
still run services, etc, as well.


Alternately, grab an Ubuntu or KUbuntu disc, not the "server" flavour,
and that will install the GUI by default.

Regards,
        Daniel