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Kevin Burton
Asked: 2012-11-01 11:36:37 +0800 CST

Ubuntu Server on a VM?

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I have installed Ubuntu Server on a VM and given it 100 Gb of disk and 2Gb of RAM. I also installed GNOME. My primary reason for the installation was to install a bunch of different NoSQL databases and check them out. Since my "normal" platform is Windows 7 as was recommended in "Seven Databases in Seven Weeks" it seems easier to have a VM running Linux than having all the utilities to make Windows look like Linux.

Anyway now that I have it installed I am finding that the apps run from the GNOME shell are very slow. Maybe it is just GNOME or Ubuntu-desktop but the applications seem very slow. If the slowness is attributed to the GUI how do I remove them? Once I remove them how is the best way to install various app software? As the only reason that I installed the GUI stuff was to be able to browse to a site and download. If that is possible without the slow GUI then that may be one other reason to remove GNOME and Ubuntu-desktop.

Sorry if these questions are newbie type questions but as Linux is not new to me, the whole Ubuntu distribution is.

Thank you.

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1 Answers

  1. Gnome classic is lighter desktop than unity / Ubuntu Desktop. You can install gnome-fallback by using the following command:

    sudo apt-get install gnome-session-fallback

    Then on the login screen, you can select gnome from a list:

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    There's aso the Xfce desktop, it's lighter than gnome, you can download it using this command:

    sudo apt-get install xfce4 xfce4-goodies

    If you don't want to use any desktop, you can download software using the command line, using the command apt-get will do the work.

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