How to switch from gnome to kde?

Gene Heskett gene.heskett at verizon.net
Thu Jan 1 21:34:51 UTC 2009


On Thursday 01 January 2009, Gene Heskett wrote:
>On Thursday 01 January 2009, Bruce Marshall wrote:
>>On Thursday 01 January 2009, Gene Heskett wrote:
>>> There is not, and its logging into a tty screen that I have to do a
>>> startx from to get the usual gui.
>>
>>I think all you really have to do is to install:
>>
>>kubuntu-desktop
>>
>>and everything will be pulled in.
>
>That must be the one I missed.  According to synaptic, this will be about
> the 20th time amarok will be installed.  And I don't recall if that was
> 3.5.10 stuffs, or 4.1.2-3 stuffs.  We'll see in a bit as I don't think it
> had to download anything.
>
>Thanks!

That helped a bit, after a reboot I can now see some kde stuff in the gnome 
menu, but I still don't have a graphical login.
kmail was in the menu, but won't run.

>--
>Cheers, Gene
>"There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty:
> soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order."
>-Ed Howdershelt (Author)
>bureaucracy, n:
>	A method for transforming energy into solid waste.



-- 
Cheers, Gene
"There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty:
 soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order."
-Ed Howdershelt (Author)
Never tell a lie unless it is absolutely convenient.




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