Install Gnome Desktop Environment on Armbian

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Published on October 12, 2020 9:00:03 AM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jrYNDKr6ZQ

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Full steps can be found at https://i12bretro.github.io/tutorials/0128.html

   01. Log into Armbian
   02. Launch a terminal window and run the following commands:
         # update software repositories
         sudo apt update
         # install available software updates
         sudo apt upgrade
         # clean apt cache
         sudo apt clean
         # install lxdm and gnome
         sudo apt install lxdm gnome-desktop
   03. After the system reboots, you should be greeted with a different login screen
   04. There is now an option to log into the gnome desktop environment     
      a. To set gnome as the default for all users, edit the /etc/lxdm/lxdm.conf file and add session=/usr/bin/gnome-session
         # edit lxdm config
         sudo nano /etc/lxdm/lxdm.conf
         session=/usr/bin/gnome-session
      b. To set gnome as the default just for the current user, edit the ~/.dmrc file setting Session=gnome
         # edit desktop config
         sudo nano ~/.dmrc
         [Desktop]
         Session=gnome     
 


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