> > > i am wanting to start kde as my default x-windows manager > > > > > > i am going to edit my ~/.xinitrc with the following > > > > > > exec <windowmanager> currently set to wmaker > > > > > > what do i specify for KDE????? > > > > > kwm > > > That's a wrong answer. that's NOT a wrong answer! the question was about the windowmanager, not the whole environment. you could theoretically use kwm with gnome-fm (or however it is called). of course, it would be more sensible to specify "kde" as the windowmanager or paste the contents of /usr/bin/kde to .xinitrc, but as the question was fuzzy, every fuzzy answer to that topic is right ;-)
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