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I am new in ubuntu, Our ubuntu server is running 12.04.2 LTS and i would like to back up the system. But the one i see in youtube and google is different from what i saw. after logging in username and password still in terminal mode.from what i saw in some sites you just need to press Ctrl+Alt+f1 - f6 to switch different console.or press Ctrl+Alt+f7 to switch on desktop mode. Most of what i saw is already in desktop mode. So i was confused?

I run lsb_release-a to find out the version running and here are the info:

No lsb modules are available distributor id: ubuntu description:ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS release:12.04 codename:precise

Addition to that i saw also Run 'do-release-upgrade' to upgrade to it

Your response is highly appreciated. Thank you in advance

Regards,

Clifford

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"Desktop mode" is just a X server running on top of a virtual console. You can start it with startx command.

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