On Friday 04 March 2011 14:38:01 Ron Johnson wrote: > :) > > I *could* say, "Real Men use the CLI. Long live bash!", but I won't. > > When logged in as root, did you try: > # apt-get install gnome > > If you did, then when you reboot you should have a GUI login screen. > Until then, just type: > $ startx > > (Ignore the # and $. They are your prompt.) > > On 03/03/2011 10:06 PM, Ryan Collins wrote: > > Someone for the love of GOD, help me. > > I've installedDebian 6.0(squeeze) on my dell inspiron 6000. All I > > have to show for it is a shell. I've looked all over and read > > countless entries on ways to load a gnome desktop, but nothing I try > > works for me like it has others. Im brand spanking new to Linux, but > > im beginning to at least understand how things need to be typed in > > order to make the magic happen, but it hasn't happened for me yet. I > > think I may have installed a server version, but there is a way > > around that right? What can I do to get a desktop environment > > installed through my command line? To ease your access to the land of Linux I would suggest you download and try PCLinuxOS. www.pclinuxos.com IT is a 32bit system and comes in many flavours of DEs I personally run KDE. It is a very good place to start. I have a Ubuntu /Kununtu desktop server and it runs well but my workstations are PCLinuxOS. Gerald
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