How can I disable automatic booting into X windows on Ubuntu?
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Distribution: Debian Jessie, FreeBSD 10.1 anything *nix to get my fix
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How can I disable automatic booting into X windows on Ubuntu?
If I were using any other linux - I would simply disable gdm. But Ubuntu is a strange beast as the user is protected from having to tinker with configurations. Anyway, my preference is to boot to a console and when i need Xwindows unity / gnome shell (what ever it really is now ) i would like to simply type 'startx'.
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How can I disable automatic booting into X windows on Ubuntu?
) i would like to simply type 'startx'.
