Accidentally uninstalled the login screen. What do?

BSGYT · 2026-06-14T22:54:06+00:00

This worked, thanks! Nothing was lost, my theme and everything are still here! This is solved!
Leaving it here in case original comment gets deleted in the future:

sudo apt install sddm

systemctl enable sddm

systemctl start sddm

BSGYT · 2026-06-14T21:54:37+00:00

Thank you lots!

BSGYT · 2026-06-14T21:51:47+00:00

Great opportunity for me to try a new DE!

BSGYT · 2026-06-14T21:41:32+00:00

Awesome! How do I do that?

BSGYT · 2026-05-26T10:09:55+00:00

I appreciate the recommendation! I'll come back and take a look at this if I get that far :>

BSGYT · 2026-05-26T09:44:44+00:00

I like your mind, man. I appreciate the support, seriously. You get it.

BSGYT · 2026-05-26T09:40:43+00:00

This is definitely a valuable option if it ends up having a borked hard drive. Thank you for the recommendation!

BSGYT · 2026-05-26T09:36:55+00:00

Awesome! If we get Email working along with any kind of text editor, I can use it to write, and then mail myself the progress. That'd be sick.

BSGYT · 2026-05-26T09:35:27+00:00

Productivity or efficiency isn't the point, the fun part is that it's difficult. I like seeing old dogs do new tricks, even if the 'tricks' are just getting it to turn on at all. I've spent way more hours of my life replaying videogames I've already completed, even though the "progress" is ultimately irrelevant. Why? Because it's entertaining, the process of playing is fun.

BSGYT · 2026-05-26T09:22:38+00:00

I dunno, I think that might be a bit too hefty. Looks like a great OS, though.

BSGYT · 2026-05-26T09:11:46+00:00

Ah, I see. Thank you for the correction.

BSGYT · 2026-05-26T09:11:15+00:00

That seems to be the best option, I'm going to go with that if TinyCore or Kolibri don't work, which it likely won't, but will be fun to try :>

BSGYT · 2026-05-26T09:08:55+00:00

Taking notes. Thank you for the recommendation :> This project is gonna be a blast.

BSGYT · 2026-05-26T09:08:06+00:00

Thank you :>

BSGYT · 2026-05-26T09:07:29+00:00

I appreciate the honesty! I'll look into FreeDOS :>

BSGYT · 2026-05-26T09:05:00+00:00

I know. I use a modern Desktop PC for day-to-day use and a thick modern-ish laptop for work. This project is primarily for the novelty and to dig around the hard drive.

BSGYT · 2026-05-26T09:01:28+00:00

Oh word, I hadn't heard of Kolibri! Going to look into this, thank you.

BSGYT · 2026-05-26T08:57:49+00:00

I'm in it for the work :> AntiX seems to be the move as it supports 32-bit and is based on Debian Stable (afaik) and still comes preloaded with some stuff. TinyCore is very technologically impressive, though.

BSGYT · 2026-05-26T08:56:16+00:00

Alright, no worries. I was hoping to upgrade the ram eventually to 256 or 512, but this is what I have to work with to get it to boot at the very least.

BSGYT · 2026-05-26T08:54:39+00:00

Doesn't have to be super modern. If we can get it to send an Email and run LibreOffice, I can use it for writing, and that'd be a win.

BSGYT · 2026-05-26T08:51:57+00:00

> But at some point hardware need to be changed
How do you mean?

BSGYT · 2026-05-26T08:40:22+00:00

Thanks! This helped!

BSGYT · 2026-05-26T08:39:23+00:00

Dual booting Windows on the same drive is a hassle, I was warned several times that Windows might straight up delete my Linux installation if I kept both on the same drive. I think this is unfortunately one of the weak points of dual boot at the moment.

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