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Old 05-23-2003, 07:52 PM   #1
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redhat9 graphical user interface


hi all im a total linux nub well i woudln't say a total nube cause ive used korel and slackware linux. well my question is ok i wanna use the kde but after my install it automatically starts me in gnome and i dont like gnome and its incredibly slow??? whats up w/ that. well my question is how do i swiitch it so it loads kde instead of gnome on startup or at least how do i switch from using gnome to kde any help would be really useful
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Old 05-23-2003, 08:12 PM   #2
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Let it run kdm instead of gdm.
 
Old 05-23-2003, 08:12 PM   #3
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i quit im switching back over to slack 9 at least that dind't take freaking 10 mins to boot up. besides the only reason i tried redhat9 was cause ppl told me it was great and stuff just cause it looks all fancy dancy dont mean its great this newbie has learned an important lesson
 
Old 05-24-2003, 05:10 AM   #4
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besides the only reason i tried redhat9 was cause ppl told me it was great and stuff just cause it looks all fancy dancy dont mean its great this newbie has learned an important lesson
Remeber that well!
 
  


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