Ubuntu desktop is empty

Question

I have downloaded this image https://bitnami.com/stack/edx/virtual-machine and installed it in virtual box

Then I executed the following

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop
set display=:0
ubuntu-drivers devices | grep recommended
sudo apt-get install (recommended driver file)
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo reboot

startx

However the desktop is empty, what can I do know? how do I open a browser? network settings?

http://screencast.com/t/HXmBaHaxS1

That image is not Ubuntu, it is some kind of spin. If you want Ubuntu, get it here http://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop — Mark Kirby, May 29 '16 at 09:47
Just to avoid confusion, a Linux desktop OS is the same as a Linux server OS, the only difference really is the preconfigured GUI. Under the GUI it is still a Linux server. The only reason Linux differentiates the two is because of the preconfigured GUI. If you install a Linux desktop OS, you can still do all the things you do with a Linux server OS. — Christopher Angulo-Bertram, May 29 '16 at 19:58
Possible duplicate of Unity doesn't load, no Launcher, no Dash appears — David Foerster, May 31 '16 at 18:13

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered May 29 '16 at 06:28

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It sounds like you initially installed a server OS, so there are no GUI programs installed on one of those. So, now that you have installed a GUI desktop, you need to install GUI programs.

So to start you will want to I guess install Firefox:

CTRL+ALT+T

Opens terminal then type:

sudo apt-get install firefox

And you will have a browser, then you can search for the commands to install whatever else you would like.

answered May 29 '16 at 06:28

Christopher Angulo-Bertram

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I looked up Bitnami, and to be honest, I am not sure this will work, so What I want to ask if it does not work is: Is there a particular reason you want to use Bitnami over an install of Ubuntu, besides the fact that Bitnami has preconfigured everything on the server software stack for you. – Christopher Angulo-Bertram May 29 '16 at 20:08

Ubuntu desktop is empty

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