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Vaugerant 01-29-2001 12:35 AM
After the initial install, it seems to be using gnome. Welp, that is what I elected to install and .gnome is in my /home/vaugerant dir.

When I have installed other distro's, the gnome desktop looked different. It has the "gnome" button(foot icon) for instance. This has a "windows" like desktop with a debian 2.2 start button. How can I get the gnome "look" in Debian?

jeremy 01-29-2001 10:07 PM
May I suggest Helix Gnome? I am using it on my Debian box and like it quite a bit more than the stock gnome.

Vaugerant 01-30-2001 03:17 AM
Linux or Bust
 
Thank you for the suggestion! Now if I can only figure out how to get helix gnome installed... :)

Is it available under apt-get?

Vaugerant 01-30-2001 05:53 AM
Woohoo!
 
Welp, I didn't get Helix Gnome - BUT I did manage to update to Xfree86 4.0 and KDE 2.1beta2 under Debian!

Small feat, but gawd I am estatic!

How I did it:

1. Clean install - only installed Xwindows(core) + dev packages (gnome was not installed)
2. Added an unstable ftp site to /etc/apt/sources.list
3. apt-get install kdebase

apt-get is dah best thing since beer, welp I wouln't go quite that far... ;)

jeremy 01-31-2001 08:12 PM
The Helix install is great. Just type the following as root:
Code:
lynx -source http://go-gnome.com/ | sh

Vaugerant 02-02-2001 04:59 PM
Quote:
Originally posted by jeremy
The Helix install is great. Just type the following as root:
Code:
lynx -source http://go-gnome.com/ | sh
Thankx! :)

arthur1968 12-04-2003 05:21 PM
Can Helix be removed after installed?.

Regards,

Arthur1968

:cool:


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