Generally I like to keep Linux servers text-only, to save on disk-space and memory, however it is sometimes useful to be able to administer a server remotely using a GUI, e.g. if you need to run a web browser. Therefore I came up with this procedure for a minimal graphical desktop using openbox and various lightweight utilites, accessed remotely using NoMachine’s FreeNX server.
This guide has been tested on Ubuntu Server 7.10 and 8.04.
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