New System Problem

[Alan Milnes]

Pastor JW wrote:

> I am not understanding at all.  If you have the graphics ability, why in the 
> world are you using the alternate install which does not support graphics???  
> The reason for the alternate install is to put Ubuntu on a machine which has 
> limited or obsolete graphics abilities such as older boxes and/or server 
> boxes.  

You're getting mixed up with the Server install.  The alternate install
is a different, text based, installation method which still ends up with
a standard Ubuntu install including all the Graphics bling. It's often
used where the Live CD has problems and some people just prefer it.

Alan