KDE + GNOME?

Conrad J. Sabatier conrads at cox.net
Thu Apr 20 22:54:03 UTC 2006


On Wed, 19 Apr 2006 14:58:42 -0300
Duane Whitty <duane at greenmeadow.ca> wrote:

> Hello everyone,
> 
> I'm contemplating installing GNOME .  I am currently
> using KDE.  Does anyone know of any issues I should
> be aware of before I proceed.  I'm mostly concerned
> about dependency issues, especially wtih respect to the
> xorg clients and firefox.
> 
> Essentially I would like to be able to choose which
> environment I am going to run on a per-session basis.
> Any hints, pointer, RTFMs, would be greatly appreciated.

Yes, KDE and GNOME can both co-exist peacefully on the same system.

As for an easy way to select which desktop/window manager you want to
use, check out x11-wm/selectwm.

-- 
Conrad J. Sabatier <conrads at cox.net> -- "In Unix veritas"


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