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2.6 Raspbian’s Desktop Environment
If you have not changed the setting in raspi-config, the
Raspberry Pi will boot into Raspbian’s command line.
To start the desktop environment:
1. Type pi as the username, then press Enter.
2. Type your password, then press Enter.
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3. Type the following command and press Enter:
startx
Figure 2. Raspbian's desktop environment
Raspbian’s desktop is a customized version of LXDE (lightweight
X11 desktop environment). It is similar to Microsoft Windows and
many of the ways that you use it are the same.
To interact with icons and buttons, click them with the mouse. If
you right-click an icon, Raspbian displays a context menu. The
options in a context menu only apply to the item that you
clicked.
The desktop takes up most of the screen. This is where your
programs appear when you start them. And if you save files to
1. If you have not changed the default password, it is raspberry.