I've
heard
alot of
people
ask how
to use a
different
window
manager
(WM from
here on
out) in
a
desktop
environment
like
GNOME or
KDE, but
I never
really
heard an
answer,
so a few
manpages
later, I
have it
down for
GNOME
and I
think I
have it
for KDE.
(This
tutorial
is going
to be
using
Enlightenment
as the
WM, I
haven't
tested
any
others
yet, but
I'm sure
it'll
work for
other
WM's
also.)
In a
file
called
/etc/profile,
there's
a line
that, on
my box,
looks
something
like:
Code:
export PATH USER LOGNAME MAIL HOSTNAME HISTSIZE INPUTRC
Now,
right
before
that
line,
add
Code:
WINDOW_MANAGER=enlightenment
or
whatever
WM you
want
GNOME to
use
or
Code:
KDEWM=enlightenment
then add
WINDOW_MANAGER
(or
KDEWM)
to the
export
line, so
it'll
look
something
like:
Code:
export PATH USER LOGNAME MAIL HOSTNAME HISTSIZE INPUTRC WINDOW_MANAGER
or
Code:
export PATH USER LOGNAME MAIL HOSTNAME HISTSIZE INPUTRC KDEWM
now
restart
your
computer,
fire up
GNOME or
KDE, and
enlightenment
should
be your
WM.
Hope
this
helped,
n0t t00
elite
PS, when
you use
enlightenment,
the
GNOME
desktop
is just
anonther
window
as far
as E is
concerned,
but it's
stickied
by
default,
so
Alt+Right-Click
the
desktop
and
click
Stick/Unstick,
and then
the
GNOME
desktop
won't
follow
you
everywhere.
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