Download the Ubuntu Desktop ISO
rather than adding a GUI to the Server version, you can do all the same tasks it’s just better than adding your own desktop environment and you can stop start the GUI service like a windows service,
Be aware though unless you have a CGI or Web App like Webmin installed Your only way to access the OS will be via SSHD and BASH Commands.
rather than adding a GUI to the Server version, you can do all the same tasks it’s just better than adding your own desktop environment and you can stop start the GUI service like a windows service,
Be aware though unless you have a CGI or Web App like Webmin installed Your only way to access the OS will be via SSHD and BASH Commands.
Ubuntu Desktop 26.04 LTS
However, if you want a headless OS
Ubuntu Server 26.04
Bitvise SSH Client for Windows
Bitvise SSH Server is used to accept connections from SSH clients for BASH and SFTP
Text editor with BASH command line
You can use Vi or Nano I prefer Nano personally
To open a file and edit it for example if we wanted to edit the nginx webserver config
sudo nano /etc/nginx/nginx.config
Ubuntu Bash Command Cheat Sheets:
Ubuntu CLI Cheat Sheet (PDF)
Ubuntu Server CLI Cheat Sheet (HTML)
Create a bootable USB stick
Download Balena Etcher Bootable ISO Maker
Download Rufus Bootable ISO Creator
both Rufus and Balena work with windows