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            <h1>Install Gnome Desktop Environment (Ubuntu/Fedora) on Armbian</h1>
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	<li>Log into Armbian</li>
	<li>Launch a terminal window and run the following commands:
	<div class="codeBlock"># update software repositories<br />
	sudo apt update<br />
	# install available software updates<br />
	sudo apt upgrade<br />
	# clean apt cache<br />
	sudo apt clean<br />
	# install lxdm and gnome<br />
	sudo apt install lxdm gnome-desktop</div>
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	<li>After the system reboots, you should be greeted with a different login screen</li>
	<li>There is now an option to log into the gnome desktop environment
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		<li>To set gnome as the default for all users, edit the /etc/lxdm/lxdm.conf file and add session=/usr/bin/gnome-session
		<div class="codeBlock"># edit lxdm config<br />
		sudo nano /etc/lxdm/lxdm.conf</div>

		<p>session=/usr/bin/gnome-session</p>
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		<li>To set gnome as the default just for the current user, edit the ~/.dmrc file setting Session=gnome
		<div class="codeBlock"># edit desktop config<br />
		sudo nano ~/.dmrc</div>

		<p>[Desktop]<br />
		Session=gnome</p>
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