It's a server, why are you installing a GUI anyhow? - if you want a gui server go install windows 2003.. =P (yes, that was a troll comment)

(that said, I totally agree, annoying features like that are reason number 4080 that Linux will remain a hobbyist OS, and never truly supplant any mainstream UNIX without _HEAVY_ build and install customization - and no, there's nothing intrinsically wrong with that)

- G