Does linux not like my onboard network interface?

[jayd512]

First things first... forget about settings for a minute... open FireFox.
Anything happy going on?

[Xelaric]

The server version of Ubuntu doesn't have a GUI. I didn't realize this when i downloaded it. I figured since i wanted to set up a server and Ubuntu was a noob friendly version of Linux that it was a good idea. I guess it wasn't such a good idea since i'm stuck with a command line and i don't know any commands (aside from 'cd','mkdir' and other very basic commands).
EDIT
I tried to install the GUI ('sudo apt-get install Ubuntu-desktop') and it gave me an error saying "couldn't find package" so i'm going to take that as a no

[b2bwild]

Its good to get the complete desktop edition instead of installing ubuntu-desktop.
because ubuntu server edition is optimized for server.

[jayd512]

I agree. If you're needing a specific server app, you could just install it onto the standard desktop edition.

[Xelaric]

So the consensus is for me to scrap the server version and download the regular version of Ubuntu?
Which is probably what I should have done in the first place

[Xelaric]

Does the fact that it didn't work to install the desktop mean that I still have no connectivity?

[b2bwild]

Connectivity is like less issue in ubuntu desktop, because your connection is handled by network manager.