Many of the tools for configuring and setting preferences for the desktop that come with the GNOME
project also fit well into the Ubuntu goals of accessibility and ease-of-use. GNOME??™s Removable
Drives and Media Preferences window is set to immediately launch appropriate applications when
you insert a CD or DVD, attach an external hard disk, or plug in a camera, printer, or scanner. The
Assistive Technology Preferences window enables someone who is visually or physically impaired
to use magnifiers and onscreen keyboards.
Figure 17-1 shows examples of some of these GNOME tools and applications.
Ubuntu as a Server
Many features that are not useful for a desktop Linux system but are important to servers have
been built into the Ubuntu default server installer, available on the Ubuntu Server Install CD (or
the complete Ubuntu Install DVD). As a central computing resource, servers tend to need to grow,
and features such as the Ubuntu server installer??™s ability to create LVM partitions during installation
make it easier for you to add disk space to your server on-the-fly in the places it is needed. Unlike
the graphical Ubuntu Desktop installer described later in this chapter, the Ubuntu server installer
is a non-graphical, terminal-oriented installer that is fast and easy to use regardless of the graphical
capabilities of your server.
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