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Re: [trinity-users] Activating the Trinity Desktop Environment

From: "Dr. Nikolaus Klepp" <office@...>
Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2020 22:12:50 +0200
Anno domini 2020 Mon, 22 Jun 15:30:34 -0400
 Gene Heskett scripsit:
> On Monday 22 June 2020 14:55:48 Dr. Nikolaus Klepp wrote:
> 
> > Hi!
> >
> > Anno domini 2020 Mon, 22 Jun 18:47:19 -0500
> >
> >  Klaus Cook scripsit:
> > > I am 80 years old and retired after a career in Systems programming
> > > and consulting, but I� am a complete novice when it comes to Linux.
> > > I have decided to try Ubuntu 20.04 and as part of the learning
> > > process I decided to install the Trinity Desktop Environment.
> > >
> > > After struggling through the installation I finally was able to get
> > > the installation to run without errors, however, the Desktop does
> > > not activate when logging into Ubuntu. Also, Trinity is not listed
> > > in the "sessions" list on the log in page.
> > >
> > > 1. Is there anyway to check if the installation was completed
> > > correctly?
> > >
> > > 2. How do I activate the desktop if the installation was correct?
> > >
> > > Thank you,
> > > Klaus Cook
> > > Houston, TX
> >
> > May I point you to exegnulinux? It comes with TDE, has no GTK stuff
> > (which makes live easier) and has no systemd (equiv. of M$ svchost):
> > http://exegnulinux.net/
> >
> > If you want to stay with ubuntu: Install tdm-trinity, uninstall all
> > other login managers (slim, gdm ...), and try again.
> >
> Not on Ubuntu, debian stretch.
> >
> > Nik
> 
> 
> Cheers, Gene Heskett

Ooops, what's used there nowadays?

Nik

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