Re: Good tutorial on how to setup Gnome and KDE on the same machine?

From	Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: Good tutorial on how to setup Gnome and KDE on the same machine?
Date	2020-12-22 17:30 +0100
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On Ma, 22 dec 20, 11:13:59, Dan Ritter wrote:
> Jan Girke wrote: 
> > Hi
> > 
> > I am searching for a good tutorial for setting up Gnome and KDE as my
> > desktops with a screen at the start to choose which one I want today /
> > this start.
> 
> sudo apt install xdm
> and whichever of the following makes you happy:
> 
> task-gnome-desktop | task-xfce-desktop | task-kde-desktop |
> task-lxde-desktop | task-cinnamon-desktop | task-mate-desktop |
> task-lxqt-desktop
> 
> Use xdm (or some other display manager of your choice) to start
> the session you like. It's usually an obscure icon that you've
> never thought about clicking on before.

Recommending xdm for Gnome and/or KDE seems strange to me, considering 
that both environments have their own display manager (gdm3 and sddm).

Besides, one of them might even make it easier to select the session to 
start.

Kind regards,
Andrei
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Good tutorial on how to setup Gnome and KDE on the same machine? Jan Girke <jangirke@googlemail.com> - 2020-12-22 16:50 +0100
  Re: Good tutorial on how to setup Gnome and KDE on the same machine? Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2020-12-22 17:20 +0100
    Re: Good tutorial on how to setup Gnome and KDE on the same machine? Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> - 2020-12-22 17:30 +0100

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