It sounds as if you've installed just the basic command-line-only system. Maybe you forgot to select one of the desktop setups during the installation process. Two options I'd say:
1)go back and do it over again, this time choosing "ubuntu desktop" or whatever when that menu comes up (arrows to go up and down, spacebar to select),or
2)carry on and install the ubuntu desktop (if that's what you want) by typing
Code:
sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop
at that command prompt you get. You'll be asked for your password, then a whole lot more stuff will install.
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