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I have an old Dell Latitude-Intel® Core™2 Duo 2.00 GHz laptop.

I have installed Ubuntu 16.04.5 Desktop (32-bit) and but got stuck at the terminal.

Terminal

It will not go further or into desktop screen. Did I install the wrong ISO or am I missing something?

My PC specs can be seen here.

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mattes99
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  • What happens if you press ctrl + alt + f7? – pomsky Aug 25 '17 at 17:03
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    If you're really running a 32 bit processor, you may be better of with Lubuntu - there are a couple of parameters that you will need to change to get it to run properly. https://help.ubuntu.com/community/PAE – Charles Green Aug 25 '17 at 17:04
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    My backup laptop has an Intel Core duo at 2 GHz. I think its a T5750 anyway it is 64 bit and has 4 GB ram. Are you sure your model is 32 bit? How much RAM do you have? Type free -T at the $ prompt you are seeing. – WinEunuuchs2Unix Aug 25 '17 at 17:16
  • yes it is 21 bit os and 2GB ram – mattes99 Aug 25 '17 at 17:30
  • @WinEunuuchs2Unix was talking about the processor, not the OS. We get it that you installed a 32bit version, but it can also probably support 64bit. – Andrea Lazzarotto Aug 25 '17 at 17:38
  • @pornsky I tried that and nothing happen – mattes99 Aug 25 '17 at 18:43
  • @charles green I following the instruction from the link but no different. – mattes99 Aug 25 '17 at 18:47
  • /Users/Mattes/Desktop/IMG_2056.JPG – mattes99 Aug 25 '17 at 19:05
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    You probably installed a server version. :-))) – Pilot6 Aug 25 '17 at 19:17
  • I am not sure if this a server version. here is the file name i download it. lubuntu-17.04-desktop-i386.iso – mattes99 Aug 25 '17 at 19:23
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    The processor Intel Core2Duo does not need forcepae. And that computer should work with both 32-bit and 64-bit operating systems. But I agree with @CharlesGreen, that Lubuntu would be better than standard Ubuntu because the graphical desktop environment of Lubuntu has a lighter foot-print and will work much better with old hardware. – sudodus Aug 25 '17 at 19:26
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    You say you installed 14.04 Desktop, but the photo says you installed 16.04, and in a comment you say you downloaded 17.04. Did you install the Server version of 16.04? – Zanna Aug 25 '17 at 20:28
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    @Zanna Good Catch! I've not installed any of the server versions myself, but this looks like the completion of a good boot. I'll load up a server just-for-the-fun-of-it-all – Charles Green Aug 25 '17 at 21:00
  • @CharlesGreen thanks, that would be awesome! :) I agree, the system looks pleased with itself, not as if something's gone awry – Zanna Aug 25 '17 at 21:02
  • @Zanna I think you were exactly correct - the screen above is exactly what I see when I boot an Ubuntu server.... – Charles Green Aug 25 '17 at 21:41

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It appears that you have installed Ubuntu Server, version 16.04.3 and that this is not what you had intended. The server versions of Ubuntu do not have a pre-installed desktop.

Based on what you have told us of your computer, I would suggest Lubuntu, a lighter version of Ubuntu for your computer, but regular Ubuntu or Ubuntu-Gnome should work as well. You will need to download the 'desktop' versions of Ubuntu, and install one of them.

All of the Ubuntu versions can be found at http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/, and a guide to installing Ubuntu is on AskUbuntu at How do I install Ubuntu?

Some helpful links:

Lubuntu downloads

Ubuntu downloads

Ubuntu-Gnome downloads

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