# Ubuntu Server on the NVIDIA DGX Spark (Without the Desktop)

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Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://technotim.com/posts/ubuntu-gb10/>)

Author: Techno Tim

Published: 2026-06-22T13:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Techno Tim](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/techno-tim.md>)

Topics: [DGX Spark](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/dgx-spark.md>), [Ubuntu](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ubuntu.md>), [NVIDIA DGX](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/nvidia-dgx.md>), [GPU](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/gpu.md>), [NVLink](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/nvlink.md>), [CUDA](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cuda.md>), [Docker](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/docker.md>), [Ansible](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ansible.md>), [vllm](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/vllm.md>), [Blackwell](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/blackwell.md>), [networking](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/networking.md>), [GitHub](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/github.md>)

Tags: [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [ansible](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ansible.md>), [blackwell](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/blackwell.md>), [cuda](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cuda.md>), [dell](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/dell.md>), [dgx-spark](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/dgx-spark.md>), [docker](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/docker.md>), [github](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/github.md>), [gpu](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/gpu.md>), [homelab](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/homelab.md>), [networking](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/networking.md>), [nvidia-dgx](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/nvidia-dgx.md>), [nvlink](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/nvlink.md>), [ubuntu](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ubuntu.md>), [vllm](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/vllm.md>)

## AI overview

A guide to replacing DGX OS with a minimized Ubuntu 24.04 Server installation on GB10 systems such as the NVIDIA DGX Spark and ASUS Ascent GX10. It explains the memory and power benefits of removing GNOME while retaining the NVIDIA drivers, CUDA, Docker, and NVIDIA Container Toolkit, and covers ConnectX-7 networking, dual-node setup, and Ansible automation.

## Source excerpt

When you buy an NVIDIA DGX Spark or an ASUS Ascent GX10, it ships with DGX OS. DGX OS is NVIDIA's managed Ubuntu image, and it is fine - if you want a full GNOME desktop on an AI box. I did not want that. The GB10 has 128 GB of unified memory shared between the CPU and GPU over NVLink-C2C. Every gigabyte the OS and desktop environment consume is a gigabyte not available to your model. On the ...