linux help?

Question

which commands would a user use to switch the default graphical desktop to KDE and to GNOME?

Answer 1

switchdesk kde or switchdesk gnome







Here's the man page for switchdesk:



NAME

switchdesk - graphical and text mode interface for choosing desktop environment

SYNOPSIS

switchdesk [desktop name]

DESCRIPTION

switchdesk provides a simple method of choosing between the various desktop environments available under Red Hat Linux, including GNOME, KDE, and FVWM2. If X Windows is running, switchdesk will bring up a dialog box which allows the user to choose between the available desktops installed on the system. This dialog follows the appearance of the user's current desktop as closely as possible. If a desktop name (KDE, GNOME, XFce4, FVWM, WINDOWMAKER) is supplied as an argument, or X is not running, switchdesk can be used from the command line.





RETURN CODES

switchdesk returns 0 on success, 1 on error.





FILES



~/.Xclients, ~/.Xclients-default

Stores the currently selected desktop.





AUTHOR



Than Ngo

Preston Brown

Answer 2

Depending on the distribution that you're using, your login screen should let you select which desktop you want to run.



Try this:

- Log out

- When the login window comes up, look for a "settings" or "options" menu.

- Open that up and look for a "desktop" or "session" selection.

- Pick the desktop that you want and log in.

Answer 3

there are a utility in debian that swicht some desktops issues (well realy swichts GTK ), and other that reali swichts desktops, but i cant remenber, use debian serach for it..



other are in login screen, depending, u have two icons, one for shudown and other for menu issues, that is the icon u click, so then choose desktop.. also u have and opcionali to let by default!



more debian issues: http://qgqlochekone.blogspot.com

Answer 4

I don't know but just a comment.



Linux is a good choice unless you can't program. I can't.