Set KDE as default in Ubuntu?
IMHO,The cleanest distro that works w/all my hardware is Xubuntu. I use the wcid network manager - it's quite sweet. --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
Re: Set KDE as default in Ubuntu? Differences
I switch between the two desktops with some regularity. >From the user's standpoint the switch is almost just cosmetic. Like most things involved in computers it is the almost that gets you. There are some apps that run better under one than the other. Some of the KDE specific apps will not play well under Gnome, I just don't use them. KDE does not put an icon on your desktop if you auto mount plug in disks. When you switch back to gnome sometimes you will have the auto mound icons put on your desktop a second time. The menu structure is quite a bit different between them. In KDE there is more flexibility in customizing them using the drawer metaphor. You can have your own sub and sub-sub menus. You can do that in Gnome, but it is more difficult. >From the development standpoint Gnome and KDE use different systems. There seems to a trend toward making them more interchangeable, but it is not 100% yet I don't run Compiz and can't address it. Try it, it will not hurt anything to switch between them, except for the spurious auto mount icons. Harold -Original Message- From: Stephen Reply-To: Main PLUG discussion list To: Main PLUG discussion list Subject: Re: Set KDE as default in Ubuntu? Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2009 08:49:07 -0700 Here is a question, how much will carry over if i were to switch to KDE from Gnome? to anyone that has done this? somewhat related to this thread. for example i know the documents will still be there book marks in firefox, but will compiz and my displays reset themselves? or the RDP links i have saved? On Sun, Jan 11, 2009 at 10:12 PM, Alan Dayley wrote: > On Sun, Jan 11, 2009 at 9:54 AM, Dazed_75 wrote: >> And all because you didn't spend the 40 minutes to download a kubuntu >> .iso and make an install CD. >> >> I laugh WITH you! > > Indeed. My impatience was blinding me to the better solution. I used > what I had in hand at the time. LOL. > > Alan > --- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
Re: Set KDE as default in Ubuntu?
On Sun, 2009-01-11 at 22:12 -0700, Alan Dayley wrote: > On Sun, Jan 11, 2009 at 9:54 AM, Dazed_75 wrote: > > And all because you didn't spend the 40 minutes to download a kubuntu > > .iso and make an install CD. > > > > I laugh WITH you! > > Indeed. My impatience was blinding me to the better solution. I used > what I had in hand at the time. LOL. I still think that this type of entry in /etc/skel and each existing user should do the trick... ~/.Xclients-default #! /bin/bash # Created by Red Hat Desktop Switcher WM="startkde" WMPATH="/usr/bin /opt/bin /usr/local/bin /usr/X11R6/bin" for p in $WMPATH ; do [ -x $p/$WM ] && exec $p/$WM done exit 1 end Craig --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
Re: Set KDE as default in Ubuntu?
Even more interesting i cannot install KDE 4 because it does not support my machine type? (amd64) i know there is an 64 bit kbuntu install wich works well. On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 8:49 AM, Stephen wrote: > Here is a question, how much will carry over if i were to switch to > KDE from Gnome? to anyone that has done this? > > somewhat related to this thread. > > for example i know the documents will still be there book marks in > firefox, but will compiz and my displays reset themselves? or the RDP > links i have saved? > -- A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. Stephen --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
Re: Set KDE as default in Ubuntu?
Here is a question, how much will carry over if i were to switch to KDE from Gnome? to anyone that has done this? somewhat related to this thread. for example i know the documents will still be there book marks in firefox, but will compiz and my displays reset themselves? or the RDP links i have saved? On Sun, Jan 11, 2009 at 10:12 PM, Alan Dayley wrote: > On Sun, Jan 11, 2009 at 9:54 AM, Dazed_75 wrote: >> And all because you didn't spend the 40 minutes to download a kubuntu >> .iso and make an install CD. >> >> I laugh WITH you! > > Indeed. My impatience was blinding me to the better solution. I used > what I had in hand at the time. LOL. > > Alan > --- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. Stephen --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
Re: Set KDE as default in Ubuntu?
On Sun, Jan 11, 2009 at 9:54 AM, Dazed_75 wrote: > And all because you didn't spend the 40 minutes to download a kubuntu > .iso and make an install CD. > > I laugh WITH you! Indeed. My impatience was blinding me to the better solution. I used what I had in hand at the time. LOL. Alan --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
Re: Set KDE as default in Ubuntu?
And all because you didn't spend the 40 minutes to download a kubuntu .iso and make an install CD. I laugh WITH you! Larry --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
Re: Set KDE as default in Ubuntu?
you can also run sudo "dpkg-reconfigure gdm" change gdm to your new desired display manager. On Sun, Jan 11, 2009 at 9:28 AM, Alan Dayley wrote: > On Sat, Jan 10, 2009 at 9:19 PM, Tuna wrote: >> The default is to use the last-used desktop environment. >> >> So log in once with KDE and it's (technically) default! > > Yes, that's true. > > And if I had installed Kubuntu instead of Ubuntu, KDE would already be > the default without logging in first. The setting that makes this > possible is what I am looking for. > > BTW, after I set /etc/X11/default-display-manager to /usr/sbin/kdm, > the computer showed the Kubuntu splash on boot, used kdm for login and > promptly gave the new user the Gnome desktop. > > I'm not spending any more time on this since I can just change it on a > per user basis, as Tuna suggests. I just thought it must be some easy > setting somewhere, and it probably is, but it's not easy to find. > > Alan > --- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. Stephen --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
Re: Set KDE as default in Ubuntu?
On Sat, Jan 10, 2009 at 9:19 PM, Tuna wrote: > The default is to use the last-used desktop environment. > > So log in once with KDE and it's (technically) default! Yes, that's true. And if I had installed Kubuntu instead of Ubuntu, KDE would already be the default without logging in first. The setting that makes this possible is what I am looking for. BTW, after I set /etc/X11/default-display-manager to /usr/sbin/kdm, the computer showed the Kubuntu splash on boot, used kdm for login and promptly gave the new user the Gnome desktop. I'm not spending any more time on this since I can just change it on a per user basis, as Tuna suggests. I just thought it must be some easy setting somewhere, and it probably is, but it's not easy to find. Alan --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
Re: Set KDE as default in Ubuntu?
The default is to use the last-used desktop environment. So log in once with KDE and it's (technically) default! Alan Dayley wrote: > I installed Ubuntu 8.04 on a system because I don't currently have a > Kubuntu 8.04 CD. No big problems encountered. I then installed the > kubuntu-desktop meta-package to get the KDE desktop installed. Again, > no problems. I set the login manager to KDM. Cool. > > Now I want to set KDE as the default desktop. I am about to setup > several users in the system and they are all used to KDE. It's not a > big deal to configure KDE as each user's individual default but I'd > rather use some system-wide setting to default it. Does anyone know > where such a setting would be? > > Alan > --- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
Re: Set KDE as default in Ubuntu?
On Sat, 2009-01-10 at 20:56 -0700, Alan Dayley wrote: > I installed Ubuntu 8.04 on a system because I don't currently have a > Kubuntu 8.04 CD. No big problems encountered. I then installed the > kubuntu-desktop meta-package to get the KDE desktop installed. Again, > no problems. I set the login manager to KDM. Cool. > > Now I want to set KDE as the default desktop. I am about to setup > several users in the system and they are all used to KDE. It's not a > big deal to configure KDE as each user's individual default but I'd > rather use some system-wide setting to default it. Does anyone know > where such a setting would be? 2 moderately unresponsive answers... If this were a Red Hat/CentOS/Fedora system, you would simply modify /etc/sysconfig/desktop and tell it DESKTOP=KDE. But it's not and my knowledge of buried bodies on Ubuntu is limited. You could put an .Xclients-default into each users folder - even in /etc/skell so that it was there with each user you create Craig --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
Re: Set KDE as default in Ubuntu?
Try, in /etc/X11/default-display-manager setting it to /usr/sbin/kdm for KDE or /usr/sbin/gdm for Gnome Harold -Original Message- From: Alan Dayley Reply-To: Main PLUG discussion list To: Main PLUG discussion list Subject: Set KDE as default in Ubuntu? Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2009 20:56:57 -0700 I installed Ubuntu 8.04 on a system because I don't currently have a Kubuntu 8.04 CD. No big problems encountered. I then installed the kubuntu-desktop meta-package to get the KDE desktop installed. Again, no problems. I set the login manager to KDM. Cool. Now I want to set KDE as the default desktop. I am about to setup several users in the system and they are all used to KDE. It's not a big deal to configure KDE as each user's individual default but I'd rather use some system-wide setting to default it. Does anyone know where such a setting would be? Alan --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
Set KDE as default in Ubuntu?
I installed Ubuntu 8.04 on a system because I don't currently have a Kubuntu 8.04 CD. No big problems encountered. I then installed the kubuntu-desktop meta-package to get the KDE desktop installed. Again, no problems. I set the login manager to KDM. Cool. Now I want to set KDE as the default desktop. I am about to setup several users in the system and they are all used to KDE. It's not a big deal to configure KDE as each user's individual default but I'd rather use some system-wide setting to default it. Does anyone know where such a setting would be? Alan --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
