On Thursday 22 November 2001 13:08, Chris Savoie wrote: > i install Linux
Welcome! So far so good... > and im stuck at a screen saying > <:Chris~# > or sompthing, i need to get past that, into the Shell, is there not one > present or sompthing? if you cant tell this is my first time with linux and > no friends that know much about it either. please help What you've encountered *IS* the shell. But I suspect that you're looking for a GUI. If you installed the 2.2 version you should be able to use the command 'tasksel' at the command line to select the X windowing system (it's at the bottom of the list), which is a GUI. Or you could supply a few more details first.
