[Xastir] Wiki update for Ubuntu 11.10

Phil phil_lor at bigpond.com
Sun Feb 5 22:41:09 EST 2012


On 06/02/12 01:41, Tom Russo wrote:
> On Sun, Feb 05, 2012 at 10:12:42AM -0500, we recorded a bogon-computron collision of the<maserowik at verizon.net>  flavor, containing:
>>
>> Sorry, I am not following this.
>>
>> I have Ubuntu server basic install no other options loaded.
>>
>> Should  I switch to the workstation version?
>
> Xastir is a program that requires the X window system[1].  Ubuntu Server
> generally does not have this installed, because it is designed for server
> systems (the kind that are usually rack mounted, providing services to other
> computers, and which don't usually have displays).

I think there might be some misunderstanding here. By default Ubuntu 
ships with Gnome although there are several other options available 
including KDE. Ubuntu is a desktop operating system.

I'm a Mandriva myself but and I have played with Ubuntu as well.

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Regards,
Phil



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