How Do I Switch to KDE from Gnome with Fedora 7?

Claude Jones claude_jones at levitjames.com
Tue Jul 10 23:13:51 UTC 2007


On Tue July 10 2007 19:04:18 Tom Browder wrote:
> When I installed F7 I did so from DVD and the Gnome desktop
> was loaded.  That was fine with me since I have always like
> the look better.  However, xemacs is not working properly due
> to something not working between it and metacity, and reports
> are that the KDE desktop doesn't have the same problem.  So
> when I looked for the login switcher I'm used to, no KDE!
>
> Now I've found that I could have installed the KDE desktop
> through the Live CD, but how do I install it now?
>
> I've tried
>
>   yum list "*desktop*"
>
> and others but find nothing there.
>
> Is there a way to switch without going though another install?
>
Have you tried "Add/Remove Software"? I run KDE, but, that's a 
Fedora package and should run the same under gnome - it should 
offer you the option to install KDE on the opening screen


-- 
Claude Jones
Brunswick, MD, USA




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