On Thu, Mar 3, 2011 at 8:06 PM, Ryan Collins <r.a.collin...@gmail.com>wrote:
> Someone for the love of GOD, help me. > Will try. > 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? > Which installation media did you download? net installs are popular on this list, but for your first installation I'd recommend downloading either the CD or DVD 1 iso. The Inspiron 6000 is very similar to a laptop I have (Inspiron 1501) and Debian works very well with it. Instead of fiddling with the current incomplete installation, you might want to start over and try again. Will probably save a lot of time in the long run. Mark
