Anyone interested in learning should take it. It's suitable for beginners and those looking to expand their skills.
Anyone interested in learning should take it. It's suitable for beginners and those looking to expand their skills.
The GNOME desktop, now the standard on Ubuntu starting with 17.04, is designed for touch screens. Most good desktop environments provide suitable icons for touch interfaces. Since I haven’t used Cinnamon, I don’t have much insight into Mint and touchscreen support. What matters is that the system supports Linux, and Google can assist with this. If you’re running a server, you can use the monitor for installation and then just enable SSH—no need for full graphical setups. For initial setup, you’ll need it to configure Plex, as you can’t install from outside localhost. This approach also works around using an SSH tunnel. Other services on the server typically don’t require desktops either.
I grasped roughly a tenth of your message. Are you asking if I should get Gnome with Ubuntu, or if Ubuntu includes Gnome by default? Also, what’s the connection between cinnamon and mint besides being tasty? And what’s SSH about? Sorry, I’m still getting the basics in Linux.
Sorry those were keywords to get you searching for information about the graphical setup on a Linux system isn't tied to your specific distribution. You can pick any desktop you like depending on the OS you select. The most popular interfaces you'll see are GNOME, which appears on Fedora, OpenSuse, and now Ubuntu by default. KDE is another major option, typically installed by default on Kubuntu and OpenSuse (you get to choose during setup). Today's interfaces generally handle touchscreens smoothly. When it comes to Mint, it feels refreshing. The Linux distro Mint, often suggested in discussions, includes Cinnamon as its default interface... I can't go into more detail about that. Concerning SSH, you're referring to setting up a server and using media servers like Plex. That means you'll configure your OS and the media server, then step back and let the system run. In this case, your choice of graphical environment isn't crucial. SSH stands for Secure Shell and is a method to connect securely to your machine remotely for maintenance. On a server, it makes more sense to focus on terminal commands rather than managing a graphical interface.