you probably would get a fast clue on what exact commands to run to get a GUI on startup.
If you have Gnome installed, go to the control panel and it's actually point and click to do it.
I haven't updated to a full install of Debian just yet.
but I do know from long experience that RedHat 7 and later all have that option.
RedHat does it by default if you do the install from GUI instead of text.
I am almost sliding into the very bad Winblows bad habit of wanting everything to be point and click.
Also, when the init hits a snag, in the GUI an xterminal will appear and show the scrolling lines of text, which are really good for debugging. So you don't actually lose anything by a graphical login option.
Quote (The_Prophet_Jonah @ Nov. 18 2006,13:31)
Look at the init options in fedora or SuSe.
you probably would get a fast clue on what exact commands to run to get a GUI on startup.