[newbie] Still Can't Get GUI I need

Hello. First, thank you to everyone who has helped me with all my very newbie question. Here's the most recent problem: So, I still can't get linux to boot to a nice GUI login window. I still get the lego looking penguin window. A couple of you suggested that I login at the lego penguin a

[newbie] GUI is gone and so is my sanity

Hello all. This is Andrew of "I can't connect to the internet fame". With the help of one of you, I now have drivers that should run my ethernet and SCSI cards. Now I have a new problem: when I boot up linux and all those "checks" run down the screen, the checks that are usually followed by