On Thu, 25 Aug 2011, Michael D. Berger wrote:
> To: centos@xxxxxxxxxx
> From: Michael D. Berger <m_d_berger_1900@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Centos 6: howto install and run KDE
>
> On my laptop, I have not been able to get KDE to run; I
> always get gnome. I installed selecting KDE, and I tried
> yum groupinstall, which appeared to work, but I still get
> gnome running. BTW, I boot to level 3, and run startx.
Hello Michael. That's what I do - boot to runlevel 3, then
run startx. I use switchdesk to choose between running
Gnome, KDE, or XFCE. Just pass the desktop name as a
parameter to switchdesk and then run startx, to start that
chosen desktop.
Name : switchdesk
Arch : noarch
Version : 4.0.8
Release : 6
Size : 7.6 k
Repo : installed
Summary : A desktop environment switcher for GNOME, KDE
and AnotherLevel.
License : GPL
Description: The Desktop Switcher is a tool which enables
users to easily
: switch between various desktop environments
that they have
: installed. The tool includes support for KDE,
GNOME, XFce4 and
: twm.
:
: Support for different environments on different
computers is
: available, as well as support for setting a
global default
: environment.
:
: Install switchdesk if you need a tool for
switching between
: desktop environments.
Kind Regards,
Keith Roberts
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