[Techtalk] KDE 3 help

[Andrew]

mc wrote:
> Greetings all!

	I am at this moment working with Mandrake 8.2 and I do not see in the 
package KDE 3. I do see Kde 2.2.2.. What you want to do  is before the 
machine gets to choosing either...

	Method 1. I think though you want the Mandrake Splash Screen or sign-up 
screen, the place you seclect the user and use the password. It comes on 
just after X lights up. In that screen You can pick your default and go 
with any manager you (she) have installed.
	Method 2. If necessary start again with the install (CD 1) and  select 
UPGRADE not new install and select a preference there.
	Method 3. Use the command line. But for a new user that is a troublesome 
route. In a terminal window, I have used MidnightComander (mc) many 
times.You can type mc imediately when first in the command line and move 
to the needed directory or,,, Usually I move (cd) to the directory I 
need to be in then type "mc". It has been an execelent way for me to 
learn what is in directories or files, without any chance of screwing 
them up.It clearly shows which things are files and which are 
directories. I use the "view" button to see inside a file prior to using 
"edit". That way I can avoid changing something accidentally. "View" 
lets me look around and be sure of what needs changing in complete saftey.

	Andrew

> 
> I am helping a friend who really wants to learn Linux in setting up a
> new box.  She bought one of those Mandrake 8.2 boxes from Walmart :) 
> She lives 2 states away , so I am having to do this over the phone also!
> 
> Anyway.  I do not know KDE at all, much less KDE 3.  The problem is, she
> would rather use gnome.  Is there a desktop switching tool in
> KDE/mandrake like RedHat/Gnome has or do I need to edit config files?
> 
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