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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Assuming gnome-terminal is installed
press <Ctrl><Alt>T. It's there on a default install.<br>
<br>
XFCE isn't installed by default:-<br>
<blockquote><font face="monospace">sudo apt-get update</font><br>
<font face="monospace">sudo apt-get install xfce</font>4<br>
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Then the little round icon on the login screen should let you
choose the default desktop manager for this and future logins.<br>
<br>
I can't cope with the Unity interface so install
'ubuntu-session-fallback' for a more acceptable style. A better
alternative may be Mint 17.1 if you like a Windows style
interface.<br>
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-- <br>
Steve<br>
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On 02/02/15 16:52, Geoff Bagley wrote:<br>
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<blockquote cite="mid:54CFAB5A.20009@geoffbagley.plus.com"
type="cite">In a spirit of adventure, and to provide WiFi for my
Summer
<br>
Holidays, I have my other laptop dual boot with the existing
<br>
Debian Wheezy and now Ubuntu 13.04.
<br>
<br>
I find that on Ubuntu I cannot get a text terminal, nor change to
<br>
another desktop like xfce.
<br>
<br>
Any tips please ?
<br>
<br>
Geoff.
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