<![CDATA[Okay, I am am a rogue.  My instructions are for those admins that want to use Ubuntu 16.04 as a server, but want to be able to use root when I want and the GUI when I want.  Both of these are not recommended, but in the first sentence I did say I was a rogue.  For the following, italics items are command line commands that can be copied directly into the terminal.

1.  Install Ubuntu 16.04 desktop.
2. Logon as your admin user.
3. Open a Terminal.
4. Enable root access.
   • sudo -i passwd root
   • sudo passwd -u root
5. Enable command line login.
   • gpedit /etc/default/grub
   • Change appropriate lines to
     • GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT=”text”
     • GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX=”text”
     • GRUB_TERMINAL=console
   • sudo update-grub
   • sudo systemctl set-default multi-user.target
   • shutdown -r now
6. You will now be starting into command line like a normal server.  This minimizes background processes and maximizes server utilizaiton.  But you might want to use the GUI.  So logon and…
   • startx
   • You will need a new terminal window to start unity by right clicking and starting a terminal, then.
   • setsid unity
   • To log out you can use the collowing command.
   • gnome-session-quit

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