Sometimes in our days as technical support we find the need to validate what type of OS install is on a machine as a way to identify the environment in which a product may be encountering difficulties.   To help with that discovery, here are two commands we have found to check if an Ubuntu OS install is a server version or desktop setup:   Command 1:    root@ubuntu:/etc# dpkg -l ubuntu-desktop Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold |... [More]

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