Hi, as a long time user of Scientific Linux I would like to explore using desktops other than Gnome. Am currently running Gnome on SL 6.9. I found that Xfce is already installed on my system; i also did a yum groupinstall of KDE desktop and all went well.
In the preferences menu we can chose which desktop to use, so I checked off KDE, rebooted my system and I still get the usual Gnome desktop. Why does this option make no difference ?? that sent me to check various postings and i find several possibilities. the first that I found on line is to create a file /etc/sysconfig/desktop enter the line DESKTOP="KDE", or DESKTOP="XFCE" and things should work. Have also found suggestions that I should create a file .xinitrc in my home directory and things might also work. Am still not clear what to put in the .xinitrc file. May I ask is there a preferred way to do this, if so what do people suggest. I would also like to easily change desktops. Ultimately, am hoping to migrate to SL 7.x. However the thought of using Gnome3 is more than i can bear, so am trying to explore my options. regards, Andrew Andrew Komornicki Department of Chemistry Stanford University
