On 1/28/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Damian Surr</b> <<a href="mailto:damian@gingermagic.com">damian@gingermagic.com</a>> wrote:<div><span class="gmail_quote"></span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<br> > Ok gang...I'm about to try my first installation. I've decided to go<br>with<br> > Ubuntu Edgy.<br> ><br> > My plan is to start by building a FE/BE system, then at a later point<br>add<br> > some FE boxes.
<br> > I don't plan to use the box for anything else.<br> ><br> > My question is...should I go with the server installation or the<br>workstation<br> > installation?<br><br>I don't think I'm really in a position to answer this, but from what I
<br>understand, I think people would recommend the server installation if<br>you know what you're doing and it wont be for anything else.<br><br>If you're not so sure, then go for desktop.<br><br> From what I read (again, I don't really know), the server install is
<br>all from the command line. That's far scary for me at the moment (I'd be<br>fine in DOS, but don't know my way around Linux), so I'm opting for the<br>workstation install.<br><br>Damian<br>_______________________________________________
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</a><br></blockquote></div><br>IMO, it's going to come down to a personal preference. Try the server install and see if you like it. If not, you can always add the desktop stuff later. That's what I did, and ended up doing the following to install KDE:
<br><br>sudo apt-get install <strong style="font-weight: normal;">kubuntu-desktop</strong>