I am losing the faith. Got the courage to switch to linux/debian- installed on ibm x86 300gb Maxtor HD. All goes well until asked to software to install (eg- Desktop Environment, Web Server, etc). I can not select anything!!! then if I just hit Enter I get the command prompt. startx does not work. "apt-get install" etc returns "permission denied, are you root?" aren't I root????
please be gentle I am newbie and also a moron.
Thanks
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