sudo apt-get install gnome-session

[daviddixit]

I will try to help:

Describe your computer hardware

- brand name and model (don´t know)
- cpu (don´t know)
- ram (don´t know)
- graphics card/chip (don´t know)
- wifi card/chip (It is connected to the freebox)

It currently has 34 GB of free space

*. Describe what you want to do with the computer (the main tasks)

- browsing the internet and mail
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- word processing, presentations
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- video playing, (in the newspapers etc)
- music playing,
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*. Do you want Ubuntu alone or along with Windows or along with MacOS? (dual boot)

I am using Ubunto alone.

I have NOT removed anything manually.

[sudodus]

Please try to find out about cpu, ram and graphics with these commands

gksudo lshw>lshw.txt

and view the file lshw.txt with a viewer or editor or simply attach the file to a reply

or run the GUI program hardinfo, find the information and type it into a reply. I think it might be easiest with hardinfo.
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34 GB free space is plenty of space for Ubuntu and a lot of personal data

[schragge]

I have a Samsung 22" screen, and the image is anamorphosed

Sorry, I don't quite get what you mean with anamorphosed (I'm not a native English speaker). Distorted in some way? I think it's déformé in French?

[audiomick]

...or run the GUI program hardinfo,

That may not be there. On this 10.10 install hardinfo is not installed by default. It is apparently available through the software centre.

I always use lshw myself. You can start that with sudo, incidentally, since it is not a graphical program. The gksudo for is intended for graphical programs like, for instance, gedit or nautilus.

In fact, lshw seems to work fine without sudo even, but it gives you a warning that it should be run with sudo, so I always do.

[Paddy Landau]

I don't quite get what you mean with anamorphosed

Stretched in a direction.
YouTube has some lovely examples. Or Google.

[sudodus]

That may not be there. On this 10.10 install hardinfo is not installed by default. It is apparently available through the software centre.

I always use lshw myself. You can start that with sudo, incidentally, since it is not a graphical program. The gksudo for is intended for graphical programs like, for instance, gedit or nautilus.

In fact, lshw seems to work fine without sudo even, but it gives you a warning that it should be run with sudo, so I always do.

1. If not installed, use

sudo apt-get install hardinfo

2. I have found that command lines with lshw sometimes eat (or hide) the sudo password prompt, and that is why I recommend gksudo. Edit: maybe that was only in an old version of Ubuntu

[audiomick]

2. I have found that command lines with lshw sometimes eat (or hide) the sudo password prompt,

OK. I've not noticed that, but I'll take your word for it.