but what difference does it make when based off the other version? is there something that i need to change in the settings?

[sorry i'm so new to this OTL]
thanks for the idea, but i'm not etirely sure of what you're saying so... just gonna ask in case i'm wrong...
are you saying that i should do the GNOME version and...

ah, crap. didn't know it'd come out so tiny...
the non-tinypic screen says "Loading. _"
the underscore doesn't move.

Hello; new to all this stuff. Just found out three days ago-- so treat me like an idiot, because i really have no idea how this works. Willing to learn, though. Honest.

I've downloaded VMWare...