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I have installed Debian to my lop top, and I can not load GUI desktop can anyone help?
I also tried to dual boot, it over ride my window, can I still recover?
I have installed Debian to my lop top, and I can not load GUI desktop can anyone help?
How did you install Debian? What desktop would you like to use? (Gnome? KDE? XFCE?...)
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I also tried to dual boot, it over ride my window, can I still recover?
Sorry I know nothing about windows. I guess it would depend on how you set up your partitions. You give no information about what you did so it's hard to answer your question.
jdk
If it was Windows, it will wipe all other pre-existing OS's off your disk.
If you want dual boot, put Windows on first, resize your disk, then install Debian etc...
BTW Don't load a server version of Debian if you want a desktop version.
If it was Windows, it will wipe all other pre-existing OS's off your disk.
If you want dual boot, put Windows on first, resize your disk, then install Debian etc...
I got the impression the OP loaded Debian on to of Windows rather than the reverse. ("over ride my window" [sic] = "overwrite Windows")
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BTW Don't load a server version of Debian if you want a desktop version.
I've been using Debian for a long time and I've never heard of a "server version" and this link confirms its non-existence.
jdk
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