Why does Linux Lite Look Like This?

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Why does Linux Lite Look Like This? - kevin.pomerantz - 03-29-2020

Hello everyone, I just installed Linux Lite OS for the first time on my old Compaq Presario CQ5210F that had Windows 7 installed. I previously installed Linux Mint 19.3 Xfce but had some problems with the Nvidia Geforce 6150SE nForce 430 video card crashing occasionally. I figured Linux Lite OS might be a better distribution for this old computer given that the Nvidia driver 304.137 appears to be unsupported now. Anyway, I boot up Linux Lite for the first time and this is the desktop environment. I'm new to Linux and I'm wondering why the desktop looks like an old Windows 95 lookalike. Can someone give me an explanation for this? Thanks in advance.

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Re: Why does Linux Lite Look Like This? - Valtam - 03-30-2020

What is the output of:

Code:
df -h

Re: Why does Linux Lite Look Like This? - kevin.pomerantz - 03-30-2020

(03-30-2020, 12:41 AM)Jerry link Wrote: What is the output of:

Code:
df -h

Code:
Filesystem      Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on

udev            1.4G     0  1.4G   0% /dev

tmpfs           288M  2.8M  285M   1% /run

/dev/sda7        20G  7.3G   12G  40% /

tmpfs           1.5G     0  1.5G   0% /dev/shm

tmpfs           5.0M  4.0K  5.0M   1% /run/lock

tmpfs           1.5G     0  1.5G   0% /sys/fs/cgroup

/dev/sda6        55G   16G   37G  30% /home

tmpfs           288M   16K  288M   1% /run/user/1000

Re: Why does Linux Lite Look Like This? - Valtam - 03-30-2020

Your / mount point is on /dev/sda7
Do a reinstall and make sure your mount point is on /dev/sda1
There's no need for a separate /home. When you do your reinstall, don't set a mount point for home.

Just put it down as a learning thing Smile

Re: Why does Linux Lite Look Like This? - kevin.pomerantz - 03-30-2020

Thanks that fixed it. I appreciate the quick reply! I'm excited to use Linux Lite now Big Grin

Re: Why does Linux Lite Look Like This? - Valtam - 03-30-2020

Fantastic Smile