gnome

[Gene Heskett]

On Thursday 23 July 2009, Steven Vollom wrote:
>On Thursday 23 July 2009 11:38:04 am Gene Heskett wrote:
>> On Thursday 23 July 2009, Steven Vollom wrote:
>> >I did something stupid.  A couple of days ago, I installed an application
>> > that was recommended by one of the people who helps on the list.  I have
>> > not turned my computer off for a couple of days, so changes did not take
>> > place until today.  I thought I was installing a perhaps better
>> > equivalent of Dolphin, and did not realize I was downloading and
>> > installing Gnome Desktop.
>> >
>> >I am sure it is a great application, but it looks too much like windows
>> > to me and isn't any fun.  The problem is I can't remember the name of
>> > the application to remove it.  When I google gnome desktop, it doesn't
>> > use the name I downloaded, so I am not sure how to remove it properly.
>> >
>> >I want KDE back.  Can someone give me the name so I can remove it?
>> > Thanks!
>> >
>> >Steven
>>
>> If 'switchdesk' is installed, a simple 'switchdesk kde' and an x restart
>> should put you back to where you were. You may have to find and install
>> switchdesk in the package managers listings.
>>
>> --
>> 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)
>> The NRA is offering FREE Associate memberships to anyone who wants them.
>> <https://www.nrahq.org/nrabonus/accept-membership.asp>
>>
>> Failure to adjust for daylight savings time.
>
>Dear Gene,
>
>switchdesk isn't shown in Synaptic.  I also tried sudo apt-get install
>switchdesk and it could not find the package.  I am sure I am doing
> something wrong, but don't see it.  Thanks!
>
>Steven

That has been the std method of switching back and forth since there was a 
choice of desktops.  Unforch I haven't used synaptic in quite a while, my only 
kubuntu install is 6.06 LTS, runs my milling machine.  But I suspect that one 
of the repositories has not been enabled.  Or its been replaced with a more 
modern version/method.

So I'll leave this to someone more familiar with the more recent releases of 
*ubuntu to advise.  Maybe its even hidden in the config menu's somehow?  I 
don't know.

And I even went down in the basement here and fired up the machine I call 
goat, cuz its sacrificial (not to mention old & slow, 1ghz athlon, not enough 
memory either) and was not able to find such a setting in the kubuntu menu's.  
Sorry.

So it appears a _real_ guru is needed here, I just play one at a tv station 
occasionally, now that I have been retired for about 7 years now. :)

-- 
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)
The NRA is offering FREE Associate memberships to anyone who wants them.
<https://www.nrahq.org/nrabonus/accept-membership.asp>

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