I installed the beta version of linux and then I installed Kde desktop on my pixelbook go. It won't load the desktop I can run some programs like Discover etc. But the actual desktop will not load. I am new to linux. I tried uninstalling it by uninstalling each program but some would not uninstall. Could someone please help me.
Thanks

Linda

oof.
So much to unpack here.
First of all: what exactly did you install there? Link to website & installation image download please.

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i have debian 11
i went through the procedure and installed linux beta
then did up dates then changed password
then installed kde desktop

when i type startkde i get file not found

I tried the cp/.........initrc command same thing file not found

how can i get this working

hopefully a fix that is not too complicated lol

OK I'm guessing this has something to do with Chrome OS.
You should have mentioned that in your OP - most of us here run a Linux distro natively, not propped onto another OS.
Judging from your screenshot, there's no spaces at all there. It should be:
although I think on Debian-based systems it has to be .xsessionrc instead:
You will need to edit the file and tell it to start KDE.
Then try to start the GUI with
Actually, startx should give some result even if you don't have that file.

well it didn't fix the problem but i got a step farther. Hope the you know what to do with the outcome. I sending to more pics of what it says on the two commands you got me to try. Thank you so much for your patients.

Linda

here are the pics

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here is one more pic

A) You still didn't get the spacing right on the first command. It actually tells you. Please read.
B) The last message means that maybe you're already running a GUI - you just want to switch to KDE? I think it's high time you give us a full description of what you're trying to achieve there, incl. links to what you installed, where you got those instructions from etc.

sorry i sent the wrong pic. when I ran the "cp" commands they were both fine. the startkde command was command not found and you saw what the startx command said. What is am trying to do is the get KDE desktop to run. how do i clean it up so that it will work? is it possible to get it up and running and if so how. the only thing i can think of is that i started with a chromebook duet and it was to slow so i bought the pixelbook go chromebook with much better specs, intel I7, 16gb of ram and 256 ssd drive, because i thought that was the problem. I am using the same email address to run linux as i used on duet. could this be the problem? if so how do i fix it?

i hope you have a better understanding of what is going on

thanks for taking the time to help me

linda

Did you install kde at all? How?

Hi. Pan64
I installed by typing : sudo apt-get install task-kde-desktop