[GRLUG] gui on a server

[Michael Mol]

On Fri, Apr 6, 2012 at 3:49 PM, Benjamin Flanders <flanderb at gmail.com> wrote:
> How does one install a gui like say xfce on a ubuntu server so that X
> does not start automatically?  I like the ease of use that
> xubuntu-desktop afford, but this is on a low power server that is
> already running a lot of stuff.  I'd like to be able to run startx if
> I want to get the gui, but have it all out of memory when I don't want
> it.

Most straightforward approach would be to not install a display
manager like xdm, kdm, gdm or slim.

Apart from that...Not certain. I don't know recall how one enables or
disables upstart services.


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