Ubuntu – How to run Selenium tests on an Ubuntu server

The only difference between Ubuntu Server and Ubuntu Desktop, are the Desktop packages which you can install with apt-get.

I can see several reasons why I wouldn't use it on a remote server:

1. ssh is much faster, X11 over ssh would be slower.
2. It's a load on the server that it doesn't need. I prefer a server to be lean and mean, with minimal packages. It's also easier for the updates.
3. wget is very simple for downloading. I usually copy URLs from Firefox and type wget, then paste the URL
4. No need for a dedicated Linux admin, but the basic commands are quite straightforward.
5. To manage files and file transfer between the server and your PC, you could use SCP, WinSCP is a nice windows version. (SCP does its magic through ssh).
6. rsync is also a very useful command to synchronize data (one-way), you can also use Unison for two-way sync.
7. learn to use an editor, I like joe, pico, and emacs, but there are many other nice editors.

For others whose problem isn't due to a broken proxy: you can always remove the host from your sources list. Normally, this would be as simple as removing the line from /etc/apt/sources.list. If that doesn't work, check if you have a /etc/apt/sources.d/ directory and remove it from the appropriate file there.