# Startup command for DE?

**URL:** <https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/startup-command-for-de/6587>\
**Category:** Installation\
**Created:** [February 25, 2023, 1:39am UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/startup-command-for-de/6587 "2023-02-25T01:39:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![ejtack](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/ejtack/32/4278_2.png) [@ejtack](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/ejtack)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2023, 1:39am UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/startup-command-for-de/6587/1 "2023-02-25T01:39:59Z")

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I’ve been trying to install the Budgie DE on Ubuntu in Windows 11, using WSL 2. I am having difficulties starting up the environment so I can get a display output. Is there a command to start it?

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**Author:** ![fossfreedom](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/fossfreedom/32/1405_2.png) [@fossfreedom](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/fossfreedom)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2023, 7:00am UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/startup-command-for-de/6587/2 "2023-02-25T07:00:15Z")

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Something along this sort of thing i would imagine

> [@Budgie server ;-)](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/budgie-server/2033):
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> As Foss-freedom asked in my last post, here’s what I’ve done to resuscitate an old and light netbook that I’ll use when out-of-office for work to connect to switches. It must be light (I mean little weight) the way I can take it in my bag and old because of serial port (hélas only available on old pcs, nowadays). Since I’ll use it to connect to switches via telnet or serial cable, I had non necessity to have so complete DE: a minimal budgie was sufficient, just I added remmina and a browser (in…