Kde desktop on ubuntu

Hi

This blog is for those people who actually getting bore using same interface from gnome in ubuntu. In that case kde can give you some fresh wind. Though the ubuntu distro with kde environment is kubuntu but still you can use kde in your ubuntu. It will actually install kde enviroment side by side. Just go to System > Administration > Synaptic Package. Now search for Kde desktop and install it. It will istall some required package and some kde default package together.

Now when you start your system and your login screen is coming then at the button of the screen there is some option. From session option choose kde from dropdown menu. Then you will redirect to the kde environment. If you want to go back to the gnome environment then just logout and then select the "ubuntu desktop" session from dropdown menu of session option. You will now logon to the gnome environment.

Now since gnome desktop environment use gdm (gnome desktop manager) for desktop management and kde use kdm. You may not be able to see the shutdown button in kde environment. For this run this code to terminal

sudo dpkg--reconfigure gdm

then select the kdm as login manager. Then you will see shutdown button on both kde and gnome environment.

You can even install gnome shell or gnome 3. You can install this from the synaptic package manager. It will also install the gnome shell side by side to the other desktop environment. And same way you can move from one environment.

So now you have two three desktop environment install together. You can move from one environment to other easily without getting bored. Try it, enjoy it.

Cheers

APaul

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