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Do the physical servers support high graphical interfaces ? I ask this question in order to see if installing a Linux desktop instead of a linux server on a physical server won't lead me to low graphical performances.

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  • "the physical servers" is meaningless. What graphics support your particular server hardware has obviously depends on what server hardware you have.
    – psusi
    Apr 3, 2014 at 14:41

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if it's a server then I would install the server version and then install a desktop like ubuntu-desktop. Because you get the server kernels that you want and you get a GUI which is nice and easy.

Install the desktop by typing in the command line, sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop, or whatever GUI you want.

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  • But why do I need to install a server version before a desktop one ? For which technical reasons ?
    – user284234
    Apr 3, 2014 at 14:16
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    As Alvar pointed out, you will get the server kernel and options for installing server services (LAMP, mail server, SSH server, etc.) during the server-edition install. This is somewhat easier than installing those packages and services on a standard desktop-edition install.
    – douggro
    Apr 3, 2014 at 14:29
  • +1 That's exactly what I tried to point out. it's easier to install the server first and then the desktop you want.
    – Alvar
    Apr 3, 2014 at 14:31
  • But my question is about the graphical performances: will I have good or low graphical performances if I install ubuntu desktop on a physical server ?
    – user284234
    Apr 3, 2014 at 14:43
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    @begueradj you wont have any less performance than if you installed the desktop.
    – Alvar
    Apr 3, 2014 at 14:57