A good desktop experience on Rock64
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(03-07-2018, 09:53 PM)pytheas Wrote:
(03-07-2018, 02:53 PM)dan1972 Wrote: so i installed bionic minimal from this repo and ran the script in usr/local/sbin/ but it errored out due to mpv/ffmpeg dependencies. so i tried the minimal xenial and managed to install lxde but after restarting all i get is a black screen. anybody have any tips or perhaps a short tutorial on installing lxde in a minimal linux install? also big thanks to ayufan for all the hard work.

I could install lxde (and gnome) ok a few days ago from bionic minimal. I bricked the system so I started all over again. But I can no longer install anything, with the same error. Has the bionic repo changed in the meantime ?

For gnome, one way out is to install the previous image (191) and upgrade to 193...
I "THINK" that you can install lxde later (you will be asked to choose between gnome and lxde). I've found lxde a bit basic to my taste, coming from Unity...
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A good desktop experience on Rock64 - by Luke - 03-05-2018, 02:47 AM
RE: A good desktop experience on Rock64 - by Luke - 03-07-2018, 07:54 AM
RE: A good desktop experience on Rock64 - by Luke - 03-07-2018, 08:24 AM
RE: A good desktop experience on Rock64 - by Luke - 03-08-2018, 03:51 AM
RE: A good desktop experience on Rock64 - by pytheas - 03-08-2018, 05:08 AM
RE: A good desktop experience on Rock64 - by Luke - 03-08-2018, 06:24 AM
RE: A good desktop experience on Rock64 - by Luke - 03-09-2018, 04:41 AM
RE: A good desktop experience on Rock64 - by Luke - 03-17-2018, 03:48 AM
RE: A good desktop experience on Rock64 - by noob - 03-17-2018, 12:46 PM
RE: A good desktop experience on Rock64 - by Luke - 03-17-2018, 01:25 PM
RE: A good desktop experience on Rock64 - by noob - 03-17-2018, 02:24 PM
RE: A good desktop experience on Rock64 - by noob - 03-17-2018, 09:10 PM
RE: A good desktop experience on Rock64 - by noob - 03-18-2018, 05:59 AM
RE: A good desktop experience on Rock64 - by Luke - 03-18-2018, 08:36 AM
RE: A good desktop experience on Rock64 - by Luke - 04-29-2018, 03:31 PM
RE: A good desktop experience on Rock64 - by noob - 05-01-2018, 08:32 AM
RE: A good desktop experience on Rock64 - by Luke - 05-01-2018, 08:38 AM
RE: A good desktop experience on Rock64 - by noob - 05-08-2018, 09:08 AM
RE: A good desktop experience on Rock64 - by noob - 05-12-2018, 10:48 AM
RE: A good desktop experience on Rock64 - by Luke - 05-13-2018, 08:12 AM

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