[Bio-Linux] Bio-Linux 8 Repositories

[Simon]

On 13/05/15 15:14, Tony Travis wrote:
> On 13/05/15 15:01, Simon wrote:
>> Hi Tim, that's brilliant, thanks.
>>
>> Script looks good to me, although I think the PPA will be best for our
>> situation as we're not running a GUI and the less we vary from our
>> standard server build the better.
> Hi, Simon.
>
> I've run Bio-Linux 8 as a terminal server on many servers. You need most
> of the Ubuntu 'desktop' installed to run a remote MATE desktop.
>
> I don't think it's an issue to run a GUI on a server, but you might find
> it useful to use the MATE desktop locally if the server graphics
> hardware is not up to running Unity.
>
> The overhead of running a GUI on the server is quite low, especially if
> you run the MATE desktop locally. The default remote desktop is MATE.
>
> HTH,
>
>    Tony.
>

Good to know, thanks, I like MATE. If it turns out that a desktop is 
required then I'll definitely go down that route.