Paul E Condon wrote:
But some posters to this thread seem to be unaware that selecting "Desk top" during install of Debian causes -both- kde -and- gnome to be installed. So, I believe almost all of those newbies about whom we are genuinely concerned already have both on their computer. And -both- gdm -and- kdm can be told to start up either kdm or gnome. (xdm doesn't seem to have this feature.)
Yes, but still I believe the question should be asked. Newbies don't know there is a choice and find themselves in default gnome before they have a chance to decide. Experts have to know that they manually have to select kde before they log in.
I don't remember how often I sat in front of a newly installed computer, thoughtlessly entering username and password, accidentially starting gnome, switching to the console, removing all the autogenerated gnome config files, selecting kde or xfce and logging in again....
It certainly isn't an unnecessary question to be asked on installation! Johannes