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jaymoney
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 Posted: Thu Dec 07, 2006 2:14 am Post subject: what to do after install? |
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i was wondering what i need to do to install a desktop environment, in particular gnome. do i need to install xorg then gnome. im really not to sure where to go from here.
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didymos
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Well, yeah, you can do X first, but since gnome depends on X, you can install gnome and let emerge pull in all the X stuff for you.
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albright
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generally, after you get a gentoo system working, you fiddle around
with it until it breaks (after which you learn even more  ) |
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jaymoney
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| lol im sure i will run into many problems trying to set it up, actually im looking forward to it. so far i think gentoo is amazing, only having touched ubuntu before. i fell like im in complete control now. |
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