-- mollie k parkerson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote (on Thursday, 10 October 2002, 10:18 AM -0400): > I have installed Debian 2.2. I am now learning the line commands,and command > manual. In my search I have yet to find how to open the desktop. > > I feel at this time I would be more comfortable operation from the desktop . > > Can someone send me info are direct me to info on how to open the linux desktop First, make sure you've installed the X Window system and appropriate X server (I /believe/ that doing an 'apt-get install x-window-system' will do this for you). Next, you'll need to install a desktop environment -- since you're new to this, I'd suggest either KDE or GNOME (do an 'apt-cache search ^kde' or 'apt-cache search ^gnome' to get a list of packages). Then, once these are installed, choose to either have debian boot into the command-line, or to have it boot into a session manager such as gdm, xdm, or kdm. If you do the former, you will /always/ boot into a desktop environment; if you do the latter, you'll need to type 'startx' from the command line to start your desktop environment.
If you need more help than this, go to http://tldp.org/ and look for the appropriate HOWTOs. -- Matthew Weier O'Phinney -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
