Carl Hartung wrote: > On Mon March 19 2007 13:13, Jonathan D. Arnold / Daemon Dancing wrote: >> I'm a new OpenSUSE user, after years of FreeBSD and other Linux distros, >> and I've been extremely pleased with my week long experiment with OpenSUSE. >> I'll be documenting my odyssey a little more on my blog. >> >> Anyway, I'd like to use KDE instead of GNOME. Or at least install KDE so >> as to make it a session option, as I am much more familiar with KDE and I >> want to digest only so much at any one time. I have the DVD of 10.2 and >> was trying to figure out what the best procedure for adding KDE is. I see >> the upgrading KDE page on the opensuse.org site, but I'm not sure if that >> applies to me. > > Hi Jonathan, > > This is quite straightforward: YaST -> Software Management -> Filter > (top-left) on 'Patterns' then, under 'Graphical Environments', select 'KDE > Base System' and 'KDE Desktop Environment'. Click the 'Accept' button and you > should be on your way.
Excellent, Carl, many thanks! It's a little scary to see all that stuff coming down, but it should make the migration easier on me. I also saw and XFCE package, which I will probably also install, as I found it to be a very nice lighter weight desktop package. (I pulled this over from the other message thread - hope I have it straight now) -- Jonathan Arnold http://www.buddydog.org Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, chocolate in one hand, martini in the other, body thoroughly used up, worn out and screaming "WOO HOO what a ride!" -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
