Magnus Therning wrote:
On Thu, Apr 27, 2006 at 05:57:41AM +0000, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote:apt-get install x-window-system kde kdmI simply have to answer this. The command line above is clearly not right, it should of course say: apt-get install x-window-system gnome gdm
</humour>Given that the OP said he's new to Linux there's a good chance he's familiar with YouKnowWhoDOZE so KDE's likely to be a better bet for him. My own progression was Mandrake: easy to use (KDE), PITA to manage (packages etc) SuSE: more or less ditto Ubuntu: couldn't get my brain round the GUI Kubuntu: phew! debian (w/kde) I did try to use and understand GNOME (honest!) but it's too warped for my brain (or vice versa :-). To give an example: burning a CD etc under KDE I invoke k3b, select type of disc to burn, pick files to put on it, set a few options (e.g. joliet if I want to play my mp3s on my car player) and off we go. Under GNOME there's some business with nautilus which doesn't seem to allow for any of the options I may need to set. Not even whether I want to write to a CD or a DVD (though maybe it detects that). ISTR there were other foibles that put me off GNOME, though it's so long since I've used it in anger I've forgotten them. Maybe I should give it another try, but can you (Magnus) as an obvious GNOME-o-phile, tell me what you like so much about it rather than KDE, that you think would benefit other users? John Stumbles