On Fri, Apr 28, 2006 at 11:44:21AM -0500, anoop aryal wrote:
>On Thursday 27 April 2006 02:47, Magnus Therning wrote:
>> On Thu, Apr 27, 2006 at 05:57:41AM +, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote:
>> >On Wed, Apr 26, 2006 at 10:46:52PM -0400, Terry wrote:
>> >> I just loaded my first Linux machine. It laod
John Stumbles wrote:
> Since my first experience with GNOME was of the apps bundled with it
> that rather put me off. Now that I know what I want to use (e.g. k3b) I
> could probably get along with GNOME if I had to. However since I'm now
> reasonably familar with KDE it'd be a learning curve to ge
Magnus Therning wrote:
> - Nautilus, and yes, I use the spatial layout which probably means I'm
>in minority among Gnomistas.
I too prefer the spatial Nautilus. With my left hand riding the shift
key and right hand on the mouse, it's as fast as using the shell for
many common tasks.
cmr
On Thu, Apr 27, 2006 at 09:15:05PM +0300, Micha Feigin wrote:
> >
>
> or for the more hardcore people/weaker machines/those who like a responsive
> window manager that can look as good if not better then the former two
>
> aptitude install x-window-system fvwm wdm
> or
> aptitude install x-windo
On Thursday 27 April 2006 02:47, Magnus Therning wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 27, 2006 at 05:57:41AM +, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote:
> >On Wed, Apr 26, 2006 at 10:46:52PM -0400, Terry wrote:
> >> I just loaded my first Linux machine. It laoded well and I am able to
> >> log on with no problem. My questio
On Thu, Apr 27, 2006 at 10:44:29PM +0100, John Stumbles wrote:
>My own progression was
>Mandrake: easy to use (KDE), PITA to manage (packages etc)
>SuSE: more or less ditto
>Ubuntu: couldn't get my brain round the GUI
>Kubuntu: phew!
>debian (w/kde)
My own progression is lost in time. I've used, a
On Thu, Apr 27, 2006 at 09:15:05PM +0300, Micha Feigin wrote:
>On Thu, 27 Apr 2006 08:47:07 +0100
>Magnus Therning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> On Thu, Apr 27, 2006 at 05:57:41AM +, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote:
>> >On Wed, Apr 26, 2006 at 10:46:52PM -0400, Terry wrote:
>> >> I just loaded my fir
Mike McCarty wrote:
Chris Lale wrote:
Terry wrote:
I just loaded my first Linux machine. It laoded well and I am able
to log on with no problem. My question is how do I get the GUI up
after I log on? All I get is the prompt.
Terry
Section 5 of the NewbieDOC article at
http://newb
Mike McCarty wrote:
> Umm, on my system, I do the same thing, using GNOME.
> Is K3b part of KDE? I wasn't aware of that. If so, then how come I
> can use it with GNOME? I thought KDE and GNOME were simple managers
> which can invoke any number of applications.
>
> I've never used the GNOME CDCREATO
Mike McCarty wrote:
John Stumbles wrote:
I did try to use and understand GNOME (honest!) but it's too warped for
my brain (or vice versa :-). To give an example: burning a CD etc under
KDE I invoke k3b, select type of disc to burn, pick files to put on it,
set a few options (e.g. joliet if I wa
John Stumbles wrote:
I did try to use and understand GNOME (honest!) but it's too warped for
my brain (or vice versa :-). To give an example: burning a CD etc under
KDE I invoke k3b, select type of disc to burn, pick files to put on it,
set a few options (e.g. joliet if I want to play my mp3s on
Magnus Therning wrote:
On Thu, Apr 27, 2006 at 05:57:41AM +, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote:
apt-get install x-window-system kde kdm
I simply have to answer this.
The command line above is clearly not right, it should of course say:
apt-get install x-window-system gnome gdm
Given that the OP s
On Thu, April 27, 2006 1:15 pm, Micha Feigin wrote:
> On Thu, 27 Apr 2006 08:47:07 +0100
> Magnus Therning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> On Thu, Apr 27, 2006 at 05:57:41AM +, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote:
>> >On Wed, Apr 26, 2006 at 10:46:52PM -0400, Terry wrote:
>> >> I just loaded my first Linux
Chris Lale wrote:
Terry wrote:
I just loaded my first Linux machine. It laoded well and I am able
to log on with no problem. My question is how do I get the GUI up
after I log on? All I get is the prompt.
Terry
Section 5 of the NewbieDOC article at
http://newbiedoc.berlios.de/wiki/I
On Thu, 27 Apr 2006 08:47:07 +0100
Magnus Therning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 27, 2006 at 05:57:41AM +, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote:
> >On Wed, Apr 26, 2006 at 10:46:52PM -0400, Terry wrote:
> >> I just loaded my first Linux machine. It laoded well and I am able to log
> >> on with
On Thu, April 27, 2006 5:59 am, Ken Walker wrote:
> when i do
>
> apt-get install x-window-system
> apt-get install fluxbox
>
> on a base install of Debian stable
>
>
> then startx,i go strait into fluxbox
>
>
>
> and reboot, i get a debian login screen, which when logging in takes me
> strait to f
Terry wrote:
I just loaded my first Linux machine. It laoded well and I am able
to log on with no problem. My question is how do I get the GUI up
after I log on? All I get is the prompt.
Terry
Section 5 of the NewbieDOC article at
http://newbiedoc.berlios.de/wiki/Installing_Debian_on
when you run 'apt-get install fluxbox',the program will install all
the package if necessity
^-^
2006/4/27, Wojciech R. Kusiak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> > I believe xdm and wdm lack the ability to choose which environment you
> WINGs Display Manager (wdm) provides you with a list of installed
> win
> I believe xdm and wdm lack the ability to choose which environment you
WINGs Display Manager (wdm) provides you with a list of installed
window managers.
Lower left corner of the window, where normally is text "NoChange".
The WM preference is saved until you don't change it manually.
--
Wojciech
On Thu, 27 Apr 2006 05:37:37 -0500
Kent West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Ken Walker wrote:
> > apt-get install x-windows-system
> > apt-get install 'whatever gui you want' such as icewm or fluxbox or
> > kde or .
> > startx
> >
> > when you reboot you will have
Ken Walker wrote:
> when i do
>
> apt-get install x-window-system
> apt-get install fluxbox
>
> on a base install of Debian stable
>
>
> then startx,i go strait into fluxbox
>
>
>
> and reboot, i get a debian login screen, which when logging in takes me
> strait to fluxbox.
>
> The login screen doe
username/password,
nothing there for different desktops or shutdown or such.
but it does work.
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> Sent: 27 April 2006 11:57am
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Mariusz Kruk wrote:
> Ken Walker napisał(a):
>> apt-get install x-windows-system
>
> No! There ain't no such thing as X Windows!
> Read the X(7x) manual
>
>
So _that's_ where the naming preferences are for X. I _knew_ I'd seen
them somewhere, years ago, but never could find them again. (Even now,
o
Mariusz Kruk wrote:
Ken Walker napisał(a):
apt-get install x-windows-system
No! There ain't no such thing as X Windows!
Read the X(7x) manual
That should be `apt-get install x-window-system` or `apt-get install
x-window-system-core`
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Sorry my mistake, it should be
apt-get install x-window-system
:o)
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>
Ken Walker wrote:
> apt-get install x-windows-system
> apt-get install 'whatever gui you want' such as icewm or fluxbox or kde or
> .
> startx
>
> when you reboot you will have a gui login window and that will then take you
> strait into your chosen windows manag
Ken Walker napisał(a):
apt-get install x-windows-system
No! There ain't no such thing as X Windows!
Read the X(7x) manual
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On Thursday 27 April 2006 03:46, Terry wrote:
> I just loaded my first Linux machine. It laoded well and I am able to log
> on with no problem. My question is how do I get the GUI up after I log on?
> All I get is the prompt.
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On Thu, Apr 27, 2006 at 05:57:41AM +, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote:
>On Wed, Apr 26, 2006 at 10:46:52PM -0400, Terry wrote:
>> I just loaded my first Linux machine. It laoded well and I am able to log
>> on with no
>> problem. My question is how do I get the GUI up after I log on? All I get
>>
On Wed, Apr 26, 2006 at 10:46:52PM -0400, Terry wrote:
> I just loaded my first Linux machine. It laoded well and I am able to log on
> with no
> problem. My question is how do I get the GUI up after I log on? All I get
> is the
> prompt.
>
> Terry
>
As root,
apt-get install x-window-syst
Terry wrote:
I just loaded my first Linux machine. It laoded well and I am able to log on with no
problem. My question is how do I get the GUI up after I log on? All I get is the
prompt.
Terry
try 'startx'
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Terry wrote:
> I just loaded my first Linux machine. It laoded well and I am able to log on
> with no
> problem. My question is how do I get the GUI up after I log on? All I get
> is the
> prompt.
>
Please search Google [0] and the list archive [1]. This same exact
question gets asked and
I just loaded my first Linux machine. It laoded well and I am able to log on
with no
problem. My question is how do I get the GUI up after I log on? All I get is
the
prompt.
Terry
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