after alternative install

[Peter Garrett]

On Thu, 13 Jul 2006 17:27:27 +0200
Eberhard Roloff <tuxebi at gmx.de> wrote:

> Hi Qiuli,
> 
> On Thu, 13 Jul 2006 09:57:45 -0400
> "Qiuli Han" <ivyharry at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > here is the issue
> > PII laptop
> > 64MB RAM
> > no network interface
> > got a USB WLAN
> > 
> > the alternative install is done
> > how do i make the GUI work?
> > 
> I would do it in three easy steps:
> 
> 1. get more RAM. 
> 128MB is what I think you need as a bare minimum.
> More will certainly do no harm.

True, but a GUI on 64MB RAM is possible - i would use fluxbox or icewm,
though xubuntu-desktop should run OK.
> 
> 2. insert the new RAM and make the laptop accept it
> 
> 3. on a machine like this, accept that a slim desktop (not KDE,
> not Gnome) will be the only option to work rather fluently in
> GUI mode.
> So use the advantage of ubuntu that you have multiple desktop
> choices and issue the command "sudo apt-get xubuntu-desktop"

that would be " sudo apt-get install xubuntu-desktop "
> 
> 4. That should do it. If not issue "startxfce" at the command
> prompt to start the GUI.

And that would be " startxfce4 "  ( the "4" is important ;-)

Peter