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Is there a practical difference between using Ubuntu Desktop and Ubuntu Server?

I am making a VM of Ubuntu Server 14.04 LTS with LXDE desktop, and it's very fast with small size on disk, even after full upgrade. It is a great learning tool, as I am building it from the ground up.

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    vembutech: your link answered my question, thank you.
    – RCline7
    May 13, 2015 at 15:42

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Well... generally speaking, the two distributions differ in that one has a graphical environment, and the other has not. Also I guess, the kernel is compiled with less modules and optimized for other work. (pointing Ubuntu server)

The server version is more light than the desktop.

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    Do you have a reference for your assertion that the kernels are different?
    – steeldriver
    May 13, 2015 at 17:05
  • On ubuntu server 14.04 sudo lsmod | wc -l 59 On Ubuntu Desktop 14.04 sudo lsmod | wc -l 87
    – Peycho Dimitrov
    May 20, 2015 at 16:32
  • There is no difference between the kernels, see help.ubuntu.com/community/…
    – rvighne
    Dec 26, 2016 at 1:45
  • I said that the kernel has more modules, not different kernel.
    – Peycho Dimitrov
    Jan 13, 2017 at 7:25

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