Yes, you can use Ubuntu Desktop as a home server. However, while this operating system comes with the benefit of using a desktop environment with a graphical user interface (GUI), it has more software installations, making it harder to access remotely. It’s therefore recommended that you use Ubuntu Server—a server operating system specially designed for home and commercial use—instead. Just keep in mind that, unlike Ubuntu Desktop, Ubuntu Server does not have a GUI—which means that you’ll need to use a command-line interface (Linux terminal) to perform certain functions.