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hello everyone. i am trying to make a basic linux system and i wish to implement gnome. correct me if i am wrong, but is gnome, itself, a complete environment with GUI and all ?
also i am working in Vbox... how do i get the packages from point 'A' to point 'B' ?
Gnome is a gui - a desktop environment. There's a description at wikipedia if it helps. There are some methods for sharing files between the vbox guest and host here
the gnome part, yes, it helps to know that once i build/compile gnome i will have a gui to work with. the file sharing part... not so much. i was hoping there'd be an easy way of doing it, like creating a folder within .hidden_folder or something. i don't want to set up a server because that opens me to risks rather than keeping me from them. everything i do on vbox is local.
i was told to use 'garnome'. editing GARCHIVE in gar.conf.mk. i did that... but... when i download using 'garnome'(having CDed to garnome-*.*.**'s folder) to the place i specified in gar.conf.mk, i can't find it the files. i'm doing this so that i can transfer the files to a seperate machine, the computer that i will be compiling on now that i have my external cd drive. ^_^~
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