Install XServer and Xfce4 on Ubuntu Server

I just wanted to have a nice GUI on a test environment, so without getting 200 megabytes for xubuntu-desktop or 524 megabytes for ubuntu-desktop, I simply installed the following: apt-get install xserver-xorg apt-get install xfce4 with these packages - only about 40 megabytes to download - you'll have a clean and working desktop. I found some errors, possibly because I previously installed X.org, that I needed to ln /usr/X11/Xorg -> /etc/X11/X first, then sudo Xorg -configure to let it happen:) NOTE: *make sure to have a mouse and a keyboard attached* or this setup will be broken. Of course, you can enter Option "AllowMouseOpenFail" "1" into your xorg.conf > Section "ServerLayout" If you too configure it via ssh and start X by error, and see the .XAthority file locked error, type: xauth -b quit