I imagine I'd use the distro's setup help to get the Gnome or KDE version working as startx, then do the minimalist one by hand. Or I'd set up the minimalist one first, cp the config files to different names, then "upgrade" to the Gnome or KDE one.
Sorry to be so vague, but from your message, it is hard to know how much you already know about X. If you need more specific advice, please ask for it.
At , Heimo Claasen wrote:
I examined the various threads on X window management on the list lately but could not find and answer on what I'm looking for:I would like to have a regular choice for starting up X either with a kind of barebones xterm only, or a more comfortable GUI ("environment") like KDE/Gnome. That is, I want to have a selection possible with/in "startx" for which of two setups to use for starting X. I'm not yet there to write bash batches (and wonder if I ever would get there); but would probably cope with eventual editing of existing ones. (Installation is Mdk., i.e. rather identical to RH in respect to the X arrangements.) REM: X itself ("bare", no whatsoever window manager and thus no means to do anything with it, always installed well here, even with somewhat tricky hardware conditions regarding the video card and highres monitor.)
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