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 | | From: | Exotic-Scales.com | | Subject: | Gnome vs. KDE? | | Date: | Sat, 15 Jan 2005 10:33:42 -0500 |
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 | A couple of newbie questions.
First, when I was installing, clicking "Next", I inadvertantly set up Read
Hat (9) to boot directly into X-windows, which is not what I wanted. Is
there some easy way to reverse this so I boot to the command line?
Second question: I installed "Everything", so I know KDE is there, but my
installation defaulted to Gnome. How can I switch between them? Is one
superior to the other in any substantial manner?
Thanks.
Joe
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| | From: | Lenard | | Subject: | Re: Gnome vs. KDE? | | Date: | Sat, 15 Jan 2005 15:50:52 GMT |
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| On Sat, 15 Jan 2005 10:33:42 -0500, Exotic-Scales.com wrote:
> A couple of newbie questions.
>
> First, when I was installing, clicking "Next", I inadvertantly set up
> Read Hat (9) to boot directly into X-windows, which is not what I
> wanted. Is there some easy way to reverse this so I boot to the command
> line?
Yep, this question has been asked many, many, many times......
As root (using your choice of editor) edit the file /etc/inittab, the file
is documented well enough so you can easily figure it out.
> Second question: I installed "Everything", so I know KDE is there, but
> my installation defaulted to Gnome. How can I switch between them?
man switchdesk
> Is one superior to the other in any substantial manner?
Try both, use the one you like best.
FYI: Other Window Managers/Desktops (Gnome and KDE are just two Desktops)
can be found here; http://xwinman.org/
FYI: RHL9 is EOL'd perhaps you might want to try something a bit newer
like Fedora Core 2/3; http://fedora.redhat.com/
--
"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." -- B. Franklin, 1759
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| | From: | Exotic-Scales.com | | Subject: | Re: Gnome vs. KDE? | | Date: | Sat, 15 Jan 2005 11:19:34 -0500 |
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| Thanks,
Joe
"Lenard" wrote in message
news:pan.2005.01.15.15.50.51.894747@127.0.0.1...
> On Sat, 15 Jan 2005 10:33:42 -0500, Exotic-Scales.com wrote:
>
>> A couple of newbie questions.
>>
>> First, when I was installing, clicking "Next", I inadvertantly set up
>> Read Hat (9) to boot directly into X-windows, which is not what I
>> wanted. Is there some easy way to reverse this so I boot to the command
>> line?
>
> Yep, this question has been asked many, many, many times......
>
> As root (using your choice of editor) edit the file /etc/inittab, the file
> is documented well enough so you can easily figure it out.
>
>> Second question: I installed "Everything", so I know KDE is there, but
>> my installation defaulted to Gnome. How can I switch between them?
>
> man switchdesk
>
>
>> Is one superior to the other in any substantial manner?
>
> Try both, use the one you like best.
>
> FYI: Other Window Managers/Desktops (Gnome and KDE are just two Desktops)
> can be found here; http://xwinman.org/
>
> FYI: RHL9 is EOL'd perhaps you might want to try something a bit newer
> like Fedora Core 2/3; http://fedora.redhat.com/
>
>
> --
> "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
> safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." -- B. Franklin, 1759
>
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