KDE or Gnome?

mrurmil · 01-24-2005, 06:21 PM

How do I know which one I am using? And how can you switch between the two?

TroelsSmit · 01-24-2005, 06:27 PM

Where windows has a "start" button in the lower left corner, KDE has a button with a "K" on it.
Many distributions will let you switch between the X window managers in the login process.

On debian distributions you can install kde or gnome by doing a:
sudo apt-get install kde
or
sudo apt-get install gnome

leonscape · 01-24-2005, 06:28 PM

Usually KDE has a K with a Cog for the main menu where GNOME has a foot.

Also KDE has a Control Center, and a lot of the apps names begin with K.
Gnome has GConf, and a lot of the apps names begin with G.

mrurmil · 01-24-2005, 06:44 PM

Well I chose to install both KDE and Gnome during the install setup process of Fedora. Actually I'm not sure which I am using, because I have neither the foot or the K. I'm using whatever the default is for Fedora. I have my start menu at the top with a small 'redhat' next to the Applications menu. Which one is this?

Padma · 01-24-2005, 07:03 PM

I think RehHat/Fedora defaults to Gnome.

Commando464 · 01-24-2005, 07:06 PM

The default for Fedora is Gnome but KDE is installed if someone wants to switch over.

mrurmil · 01-24-2005, 09:26 PM

Ok, so I figured out how to get into KDE. When you get to the login screen you can go to Sessions and change it to KDE. But how can I default to KDE? On reboot it goes back to Gnome.

mrurmil · 01-25-2005, 12:31 AM

I figured out how to do it. You have to edit /etc/sysconfig/desktop and change it from GNOME to KDE.