How do I change the desktop manager

stan gryt2 at q.com
Wed Nov 10 21:35:25 UTC 2010


On Wed, 10 Nov 2010 15:00:03 -0600
John Nissley <jnissley at nissley.org> wrote:

> I am running Fedora 14 and installed the KDE desktop on the initial 
> installation.  I now want to try other desktops like open box and or 
> LXDE but can not seem to figure out how to switch to a different 
> desktop.  I have installed the files for the new desktops but can not 
> figure out how to make the switch to the new desktop.
> 
> I have installed switch desk like some on line documentation 
> recommended  but all I see listed is KDE.  I would really like to
> know how to make this change from the command line if possible.
> 
> Thanks for the assistance.

I run Gnome, but I expect KDE works similarly.  When you log into the X
Desktop, in Gnome with GDM, you can select the desktop that will be
used.  In Gnome, they are at the bottom of the page, not sure in KDE.


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