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Does anyone know if this is possible, and if so, what installation options I should choose?

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To change your install to boot straight to command line after install, you can just Go to a terminal prompt..

gksudo gedit /etc/default/grub

Then make the following changes..

Change the lines containing..

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT=”quiet splash”  .. just put a # at the beginning 
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX=”" to GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX=”text”
#GRUB_TERMINAL=console to GRUB_TERMINAL=console

Save and exit.

sudo update-grub

That will stop X from starting on boot. to start X, just type startx

Scott Goodgame
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Are you talking about the Ubuntu server edition? Follow the instructions on that page (or this one from the 12.04 Server Guide) to install it, similar to a regular Ubuntu install but text-based.

And then install a desktop environment with a line like sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop, or sudo apt-get install xfce4 (the "Meta-package for the Xfce Lightweight Desktop Environment").

You could pick whichever desktop environment you prefer, there are a LOT to choose from. I'd pick XFCE. See What kinds of desktop environments and shells are available?

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Xen2050
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    But wouldn't it boot straight to the desktop environment once you have installed that? – Jos Jan 22 '15 at 08:26