User:Julian/How To Switch Desktop

Step by step tutorial for installing KDE and removing Gnome:

• Open up Terminal .
• Log in as root via

  su

• Enter

  yum install @kde-desktop system-switch-displaymanager kdm

This will install the required packages.

• Now enter

  system-switch-displaymanager kdm

This will make the system use KDM as the default Display Manager

• Reboot your machine.
• Choose KDE as session and Log In.
• If you plan to remove GNOME, continue; otherwise you're done now.
• Remove Gnome using

  yum remove @gnome-desktop

  .

NOTE
Watch out that this removes most Gnome/GTK programs from the system, including Firefox. You will have to reinstall the removed programs once the process is complete.

• You can now use KDE as the default Desktop Environment.