jaunty aspire one install no GUI

[Fred Roller]

On Wed, 2009-06-10 at 16:50 +0300, Haneef Bashir wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 3:55 PM, Tony Baldwin<photodharma at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Haneef Bashir wrote:
> >> i just installed jaunty on my aspire one using the ulternative install
> >> after the install was was done i rebooted and there is no gui just
> >> text. what do i need to do to get a graphic interface?
> >>
> >
> > sudo aptitude install ubuntu-desktop #if you want gnome
> > sudo aptitude install kubuntu-desktop # if you want KDE
> > sudo aptitude install xubuntu-desktop # for xfce
> > sudo aptitude install lxde openbox # if you want lxde openbox
> > sudo aptitude install ion3 # if you want the best wm
> > (okay, ion3 is my fave & default anyway)
> > sudo aptitude install icewm # for icewm
> > sudo aptitude install jwm  # for joe's wm
> > sudo aptitude install dwm dwm-tools  # for dwm
> > sudo aptitude install xmonad  # for xmonad
> > sudo aptitude install fluxbox
> >
> > etc., etc.
> >
> > You have many options.
> > If you're totally new, ubuntu-desktop would be the default gnome
> > desktop, and recommended, probably, or the kubuntu-desktop.
> > Those will easiest for the newest of n00bs.
> >
> 
> i decided to install fluxbox desktop then after the installation i
> restarted my computer and im still not getting a GUI. it goes straight
> into text mode. what am i missing.
> 

As an alternate option to the other great ideas try eeeubuntu:

http://www.eeebuntu.org/

I tried net remix and eeeubuntu on my aspireone of the two I prefer
eeeubuntu.  Faster, cleaner, minimal.  It uses the gnome interface, has
recognized wireless easily.  It comes with VERY little software pre
installed but you have Add/Remove plus aptitude at your disposal.


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Fred R.
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"Life is like Linux, simple.  If you are fighting it, you are doing
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