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What about<br><pre><code class="code-1 nolinks" id="code-20-43280116-1"><span>sudo systemctl isolate graphical</span>
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Some resources on that topic:<br><a href="https://linuxconfig.org/start-gui-from-command-line-on-ubuntu-20-04-focal-fossa" rel="ugc">https://linuxconfig.org/start-gui-from-command-line-on-ubuntu-20-04-focal-fossa</a><br><br><a href="https://linuxconfig.org/ubuntu-20-04-gui-installation" rel="ugc">https://linuxconfig.org/ubuntu-20-04-gui-installation</a>
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You asked, <b>&quot;How exactly do I get the desktop environment to show from the initial terminal window?&quot;</b><br />
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1) You must have access to a graphical display.<br />
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2) Per #1, this might be a physical display or a pseudo display where you run the remote machine over a tunnel, which will require you having software available locally which can accomplish this action.<br />
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3) You must ensure some sort of graphical software is installed on your remote machine, if machine is remote.
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Best to answer the following.<br />
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1) Is this machine remote or local, where local means you have access to a physical keyboard/mouse/display.<br />
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2) What Linux Distro + Distro version is running.<br />
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3) Did you install this Linux instance or someone else.
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Alex<br>What exactly does your command do
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Taken from <a href="https://linuxhint.com/systemd_hot_it_starts_your_system/" rel="ugc">https://linuxhint.com/systemd_hot_it_starts_your_system/</a><blockquote><h3><strong>Setting the “runlevel”, called a target.</strong></h3>You can change the target while running, for example you could use a terminal to set your target to multi-user. This would stop your GUI, X or Wayland but let you and others, log in with a text console. Use the following command.<pre><code class="code-1 nolinks" id="code-20-43280154-1"><span>$ systemctl isolate multiuser.target</span>
</code></pre><br>Or, if you want to start your desktop, use the following command instead.<pre><code class="code-1 nolinks" id="code-20-43280154-2"><span>$ systemctl isolate graphical.target</span>
</code></pre><br>What you are really interested in is how to start the correct level, you can find out what you have right now this way.<pre><code class="code-1 nolinks" id="code-20-43280154-3"><span>$ systemctl get-default</span>
</code></pre><br>To change the default set it.<br><pre><code class="code-1 nolinks" id="code-20-43280154-4"><span>$ systemctl set-default graphical.target</span>
</code></pre><br>This command actually makes a lot of units and services start as you boot your computer. You may want to start or stop a single service though.</blockquote>
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Alex<br>I am not so familiar with linux<br>To start, all I want to do is to see the Desktop GUI?<br>What do I use as a command
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Did you try&nbsp;<pre><code class="code-1 nolinks" id="code-20-43280157-1"><span>sudo systemctl isolate graphical</span>
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I am using the WSL on windows
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Thanks all<br>Sorry - I should have made it clear upfront that I was using WSL
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No problem ;-) but, keep that in mind for the next time!
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I am running Linux Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS<br>How exactly do I get the desktop environment to show from the initial terminal window?<br><br>
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I am running Linux Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS
How exactly do I get the desktop environment to show from the initial terminal window?

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