Hello. I am new to Debian 3.1. I tried Ubuntu Linux, I found that Debian-based Linux is a nice OS, so I installed Debian on my computer.
I installed Debian by "Network version", so I need to install everything I need via FTP. I typed:
apt-get install gnome
to install GNOME desktop environment.
The installation was success, but, I don't know what should be done to load GNOME.
I tried:
gnome
but this command seems not to exist. 
What should be typed so that I can load GNOME? And load it by default?
Oh, I want to install Xfce, what should be typed?
apt-get install ?????
Thanks for replies.
Try gnome-session to start gn
Try gnome-session to start gnome (you need to drop the command into .xinitrc or .xsession)
With XFCE, try apt-get install xfce4
You can follow this guide
The Very Verbose Debian 3.0 Installation Walkthrough