I figured I was in a grey area still. I can do what I need to do from tty. I really don't want a display manager booting in a gui. This C2 was bought for a server job to run docker. It's just nice to have access to a gui every now and then when you need it. I rolled up an ubuntu 16.04 image last night and will try it out today too.
I don't mind buggy as long as some functionality remains...
Thanks Igor