I think Pop_OS uses Gnome by default, and I haven't changed it. I suppose it wasn't really the server's GUI I needed, I juat wanted a desktop environment in general so I could start and configure the server in a familiar way. Really, the only thing I figured I needed VNC for was double-clicking the startup script and editing text files. I'm starting to understand this was a pretty inefficient way to run a server though... I think I'll give up on the VNC idea since it sounds like there are much better ways to do this. I'll look into systemd and rcon next, thanks!

I'm trying to run a headless Minecraft server, but I didn't know the terminal well enough to run the server without the GUI. When I unplug the monitor from the computer though, I lose the video in my VNC viewer too. Windows would run the desktop all the time, even without a monitor connected, but it looks like the default behavior in Linux is to shut it down when there's nothing connected. I've been trying to find workarounds to make the computer think I have a monitor plugged in all afternoon, but none of the things I've tried are working.

On the other hand, after 4 hours of trying things, I figured out the terminal well enough to start the server over SSH, so the outcome is the same I guess

I can not figure out how to get a vnc server working on Pop_OS 😢

If they don't want to be accused of ripping off US consumers, maybe they shouldn't be ripping off US consumers.

Ah yeah, you do quickly learn the areas you shouldn't spread it out

Oh yeah for sure. Get a good sprint going and throw yourself right at it and you'll slide to the end with enough speed left over to send you tumbling through the grass for a few feet more.

Good golly I thought you said you digested another knife for a moment there. Mondays...

Liminal

That'd be a match made in hell

I'm not talking about people who just want Boeing to fail, I'm talking about the ones who think the best path to changing things is if they publicly kill two astronauts. eg. See the "morally gray" comment below

Call me crazy but hoping for two innocent astronauts to die on the off-chance things improve isn't something I would consider morally gray.