Subject: Re: switching desktop enviornment help...
From: Evan Read (eread@netaccess.co.nz)
Date: Tue Mar 07 2000 - 11:10:37 MST
Hahhah ;)
Nah, KDE has always worked flawlessly for me. But it just bores the crap
out of me and all the good apps are written for GNome environment. Plus
GNome is moving along faster, has teamed up with Eazel (www.eazel.com) and
now had Helix Code (www.helixcode.com).
THanks.
>
> Why is everyone so jaded against KDE? Is it a PPC specific problem, or is
> it KDE in general? I like the KDE desktop on my PC (Corel linux). I've
> never gotten it working on my G4 though.
>
> Brian
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Evan Read" <eread@netaccess.co.nz>
> To: <yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 07, 2000 10:55 AM
> Subject: Re: switching desktop enviornment help...
>
>
>> You need to type ".xinitrc" make sure the "." is at the front and make
> sure
>> it is in the home directory of the user who wants kde.
>>
>> May I suggest again that you stick with Gnome? ;)
>>
>> This technique has worked since the beginning of time with YDL.
>>
>> if you are user "andrew" (and you use defaults), the file might be:
>>
>> /home/andrew/.xinitrc
>>
>> to make sure it is there, inside your home directory, type "ls -la". That
>> will present all the "dot" files.
>>
>>> From: Andrew Zander <16stone@pipeline.com>
>>> Reply-To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
>>> Date: Mon, 06 Mar 2000 07:08:43 -0700
>>> To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
>>> Subject: Re: switching desktop enviornment help...
>>>
>>> this one did not work, it doesn't list kde as an option. the other
> suggestion
>>> was that i makde a file "xinitrc" and put startkde in it, in my home
> file, i
>>> did, (i opened it as a system device file (i believe), and it did
> nothing..
>>> kde
>>> IS installed.. i can use the programs on the gnome menu.. etc..
>>>
>>> andrew
>>>
>>> MacPiano@aol.com wrote:
>>>
>>>> Go to a terminal in x type switchdesk (and return of course) . You will
> get a
>>>> screen with your choices. Select which one you want, logout and startx
> again
>>>> and voila, there it is.
>>>> gary hostetler
>>>
>>>
>>
>
>
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