Re: GUI

[Hugo Vanwoerkom <hvw59601@care2.com>]

branko wrote:
> Hi.Please help.I want to use Linux but in GUI.I have a DVD of Debian Sarge.I 
> have tried to install it and evrything went fine except at the end all I got 
> was a prompt.I have tried evry command I could think of to get GUI but could 
> not.What do I have to do to get graphical interface and what printer does 
> Debian support.I would be gratefull.By the way I am new to Linux.I run SUSE 
> 9.3 right now but would like to support non comercial version.Thank you.
> Best Regards
> Branko

Branko:

I would use tasksel. (man tasksel)
That's a Debian installation tool. It shows a menu (on my Sarge) with:

[ ] Desktop environment 
                 [ ] Web server 
                                   [*] Print server 
                                                     [ ] DNS server 

[ ] File server 
                 [*] Mail server 
                                   [ ] SQL database 
                                                     [ ] manual package 
selection

Just select the top one and unselect everything that is already selected.
It will install all the necessary packages for a GUI Desktop.

HTH
H