Ubuntu Server in VMWare

Tune the screen resolution

In /etc/default/grub change:
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="splash vga=792"
or you can choose from vga=786, 789, 792, 795, 799
then delete
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX=""
and do
sudo update-grub
sudo reboot

Install GCC

sudo apt-get clean
sudo apt-get update 
sudo apt-get upgrade -f
sudo apt-get install gcc
sudo apt-get install g++
sudo apt-get install make

Set SSH access from host

Under sudo, my user is notroot, vmware image from thoughtpolice.
sudo apt-get install openssh-server
/etc/init.d/ssh restart
ifconfig #watch IP-address
usermod -U notroot