[Xastir] Wiki update for Ubuntu 11.10

[Lee Bengston]

On Sun, Feb 5, 2012 at 10:41 PM, Phil <phil_lor at bigpond.com> wrote:
> 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.

You are evidently not aware of the server version of Ubuntu, which
installs by default with no desktop.

Lee - K5DAT