Boot to text console by default
Just in-case you like the idea of disabling your Ubuntu desktop's graphical interface upon start-up and put you in terminal mode. Open terminal and edit /etc/default/grub file
sudo vim /etc/default/grub
look for this line:
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash"
change it to:
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash text"
then update your grub
sudo update-grub
then restart:
sudo reboot now
if you want to use the desktop just type: unity or startx
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