gdpeck;238153 Wrote: > > 1) Can I install Ubuntu server, then add Xfce desktop with just firefox > (or even lighter browser)and auto update, without themes, screensavers, > games, productivity apps? If so, how do I do that? > 2) Is Xfce a good choice for a really light desktop, or should I look > at something else? > 3) Finally, should I look at other distros for what I want to do? Again > this is going to be a slimserver only. I won't be ripping on this > machine, so I will need samba so I can rip to this machine. Right now > the only plugin I really run is music ip, but I may add more in the > future. Maybe I overlooked how to do this in Xubuntu, but it seemed > like the only way to get what I wanted was to install, then go into the > package manager and remove unwanted stuff. That was a pain and I don't > really want to go through it. > > Thanks for your help! > George 1. apt-get install xfce4 firefox on ubuntu server (or any ubuntu) installs the stuff you want. You might need to enable some more repositories in /etc/apt/sources.list 2. It's one of the lightest. no need to look into something else (xunbuntu is ubuntu + xfce4 installed from the beginning). 3. A distro is just a collection of software basicly. ubuntu is almost the same as debian. Red Hat / Fedora is a bit diffrent but on a functional level almost the same. One can argue about distributions for a _long_ time.
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