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To your question: That depends on the distribution that you are planning to install, some have separate server media, most have not. Some aren't intended to run on a server, some aren't intended to run on a desktop or laptop.
Do we have different media like CDs or DVDs for desktop and severs Please let me know once.
We? Well, certainly there are different media, such as CDs and DVDs on which Linux Distros are available. Look at the site of anybody who supplies Linux on a CD/DVD in your region. Some of these are are for distros focussed on Desktop use, some are for distros focussed on Sever use and some are nominally 'do anything' distros and some are special purpose distros.
The big difference between what you get on a CD and what you get on a DVD is that a DVD has more space, so you can get more on it. Maybe you won't use the extra, maybe you will, but the normal case is that if you want some of the apps that are not on the CD, they are easy to get from the Distro repos (there is an exception where proprietary programs are supplied which are only available at extra cost, but nothing that you have written gives me to believe that this exception is relevant here).
We? Well, certainly there are different media, such as CDs and DVDs on which Linux Distros are available. Look at the site of anybody who supplies Linux on a CD/DVD in your region. Some of these are are for distros focussed on Desktop use, some are for distros focussed on Sever use and some are nominally 'do anything' distros and some are special purpose distros.
The big difference between what you get on a CD and what you get on a DVD is that a DVD has more space, so you can get more on it. Maybe you won't use the extra, maybe you will, but the normal case is that if you want some of the apps that are not on the CD, they are easy to get from the Distro repos (there is an exception where proprietary programs are supplied which are only available at extra cost, but nothing that you have written gives me to believe that this exception is relevant here).
I think that you misunderstood the OP here. While many distros, especially the general-purpose distros use one install medium for everything, like Debian or Slackware, some do not. The general-purpose distro Ubuntu is one example for that. They have different media for desktop and server use and you will get a very different install if you use the server and not the desktop edition (no GUI on Ubuntu server, somewhat ironic).
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