Neerja Jha wrote: > I'm a new debian system admin for a start-up company. I was familiar with > Windows and Sun environment but Debian doesn't have GUI interface? It doesn't have an ``official'' one, but there are multiple graphics servers, many window managers, and 3 (that I know of) desktop environments. > It's good > for administration point of view. That's a very subjective matter. I personally think that GUIs should never be used on servers unless absolutely necessary. > Then, I don't need to go through the > command line interface. If you're running a mailserver, you'll probably need to use the cli a lot whether you use a graphical terminal emulator or the linux virtual consoles. > Is there any way to install GUI interface on my > debian. Yes, first decide what you want to install (see <http://xwinman.org/> for a good start), then do "apt-cache search <name> --names-only" where <name> is the name of the window manager or desktop environment you choose. The install the package (e.g. fluxbox, kde-core, ...) with "apt-get install <name>" where <name> is the package name. For example: $ apt-cache search fluxbox --names-only fluxbox - Highly configurable and low resource X11 Window manager $ su - Password: **** # apt-get install fluxbox > It's running like a mailserver. Plus, how to setup out of office > vacation message? I suggest postfix, and not using vacation messages, but if you want to use postfix with vacation messages, install postfix-doc and read the manual (in /usr/share/doc/postfix). -- -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.1 GAT/CM$/CS>$/CC/IT$/M/S/O/U dpu s+:++ !a C++$>C+++$ UB+++>++++$L++++$*-- P+>++$ L+++(++++)$ E-(---) W+++>$ N(+) o? K- w--(---) O? M V? PS++@ PE-@ Y+@ PGP++(+++)>$ t? 5? X? R tv--(-) b++(+++)@ DI? D? G e->++++ h* r? z* ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------ David Mandelberg mandelbergd@eth0.is-a-geek.org
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