Re: Set KDE as default in Ubuntu?

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Author: Stephen
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Subject: Re: Set KDE as default in Ubuntu?
you can also run sudo "dpkg-reconfigure gdm" change gdm to your new
desired display manager.

On Sun, Jan 11, 2009 at 9:28 AM, Alan Dayley <> wrote:
> On Sat, Jan 10, 2009 at 9:19 PM, Tuna <> wrote:
>> The default is to use the last-used desktop environment.
>>
>> So log in once with KDE and it's (technically) default!
>
> Yes, that's true.
>
> And if I had installed Kubuntu instead of Ubuntu, KDE would already be
> the default without logging in first. The setting that makes this
> possible is what I am looking for.
>
> BTW, after I set /etc/X11/default-display-manager to /usr/sbin/kdm,
> the computer showed the Kubuntu splash on boot, used kdm for login and
> promptly gave the new user the Gnome desktop.
>
> I'm not spending any more time on this since I can just change it on a
> per user basis, as Tuna suggests. I just thought it must be some easy
> setting somewhere, and it probably is, but it's not easy to find.
>
> Alan
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