intro and grub question

[Derek Broughton]

Daniel Pittman wrote:

> "Tim M" <timothybythesea at hotmail.com> writes:
> 
>> Hi, I am trying to install Kubuntu on my backup computer. My main
>> computer uses dual boots Ubuntu and XP (for my scanner). The backup
>> computer uses Ubuntu and I had wanted to dual boot between Ubuntu an
>> Kubuntu 

If all you want to do is switch between KDE & Gnome, I hope you know that
you can simply install Ubuntu, then kubuntu-desktop on top of it, or
Kubuntu and ubuntu-desktop, and then select either KDE or Gnome from
GDM/KDM.

> If you want to make a *one shot* change you can use the
> 'grub-set-default' command -- at the command line, as root -- to
> override it for the next boot only.[1]
> 
> Footnotes:
> [1]  Apparently.  I have not tested this, but it /should/ work.

It does.
-- 
derek