Archive for 'Linux X Windows'

Switching between the KDE and GNOME window managers on Centos and Fedora Linux hosts

I recently switched a Fedora host from the GNOME window manager to KDE. This exercise allowed me to familiarize myself with how X and the various window managers are organized on Fedora hosts, and I thought I would jot down how to switch between window managers for future reference.
When a Fedora host is booted [...]

Restarting X and the GNOME window manager on Linux hosts

I useGNOME as my primary desktop at work, and periodically need to restart the Xserver / windowing environment to pick up new changes. If I have an X environment up and running, I will send a cntrl + alt + backspace to restart the X server. If for some reason I’m not able to send [...]