Hi, On 2021-08-04 6:22 a.m., mick crane wrote: > On 2021-08-04 09:04, Gunnar Gervin wrote: > <snipped> >> # apt install task-xfce-desktop >> then tried to remove the Gnome desktop, wrote: >> # apt remove task-gnome-desktop >> Terminal responded but nothing happened; Gnome not removed, Xfce not >> visible. >> Tried Synaptic, it said it would not execute actions unless I remove >> Wayland. How? >> I can learn to use the Gnome desktop, but I really need to change this >> keyboard. > > I don't know that you can change desktop without reboot, never tried. He's asking on how to change keyboard.
Yes you can change desktop manager without doing a reboot. https://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/debian-26/how-to-change-desktop-environment-xinitrc-and-xsession-164397/ Xinitrc is simply a launcher for a series of script that will launch the X server and the desktop environment (or window manager behind). > Probably you will need a desktop manager. > I usually type > "apt search the-name-of-the-program" and see if it says "installed" or not. Great, he now knows how to search if a program is installed. > > mick -- Polyna-Maude R.-Summerside -Be smart, Be wise, Support opensource development
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