Re: Newly installed UBUNTU is crippled --- Help!

[Calum Benson <calum benson oracle com>]

On 2 Apr 2011, at 19:55, sidnie feit comcast net wrote:

> I have an ASUS  Eee PC 1015PEM-PU17-BU 10.1-Inch Netbook.
> It came with (UGH) Windows 7
> I followed the instructions on the Ubuntu download page, 
> 
>   Download the USB installer
>   Choose Ubuntu Netbook Remix 9.10
>   Browse to iso
>   Chose Install Ubuntu
> 
> The installation completed successfully,  BUT
> after I boot, I do NOT get the default desktop.

It sounds like what you are seeing is Unity, which *is* the default desktop for Ubuntu now AFAIK. IIRC you can choose to use the "classic" GNOME desktop instead on the login screen. (But I don't use Ubuntu very often, so I could be wrong -- in which case, try searching/asking on http://ubuntuforums.org.)

Regards,
Calum.

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