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I need to know how to change desktop environments... and not from within X. I got myself into Enlightenment, and there is no menu tool to switch desktop envrionment like there is in Gnome and KDE.
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Easy, Slackware comes with a tool called xwmconfig, run it and change your WM (open a terminal, say xterm) and maximize over the whole screen then run xwmconfig. xwmconfig is a curses based program and it can not run in small window terminals.
Or else, even easier, edit ~/.xinitrc and change the last exec line to whatever WM you want.
Also, search the forums, as this questioned has been answered many times and you might even find better ways to do it if you search for other questions like this.
HTH
-NSKL
Originally posted by NSKL Or else, even easier, edit ~/.xinitrc and change the last exec line to whatever WM you want.
And just to mention this to anyone else that does not know, .xinitrc does not come by default in the users home directory, it would be located in the /etc/X11/xinit directory, where Slack usually sets up separate .xinitrc's for each type of Desktop you've installed during the initial install.
But yeah, if you search the Slack forum here, I know I've gone into details about how to change the default desktop in Slackware.
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