[Solved] Xfce and Mate on same install?
Re: Xfce and Mate on same install?
Okay, thanks, that makes sense for a manual approach. Is there a way to make the selection at boot time, like from the LILO menu?
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Re: Xfce and Mate on same install?
At the LILO Boot screen hit the TAB key and type "Salix 3"mobius wrote:Is there a way to make the selection at boot time, like from the LILO menu?
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Re: Xfce and Mate on same install?
Ah, I see... after an entry, one can specify the run level
! Thanks for that.
Now is there a way, at the LILO menu, to specify that Salix should load either Xfce or Mate, both of which are installed on /sda2?
Or even better, without having to reboot, is there a way while running, to shut down Xfce and start Mate, and vice versa?
My interest is in being able to relatively quickly/easily switch between them while testing them out, until I decide which one to stick with.

Now is there a way, at the LILO menu, to specify that Salix should load either Xfce or Mate, both of which are installed on /sda2?
Or even better, without having to reboot, is there a way while running, to shut down Xfce and start Mate, and vice versa?
My interest is in being able to relatively quickly/easily switch between them while testing them out, until I decide which one to stick with.
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Re: Xfce and Mate on same install?
As far as I know there is no way to pass this as a boot option. In order to switch from one DE to another, you don't need to reboot, just log out, and select the one you want at the GDM login screen. You can also do this immediately on booting.
Re: Xfce and Mate on same install?
There is actually a distro that has worked on combining and running several DEs seamlessly,
actually to the point of switching mid-session .. but can't remember the name.
Mixing Xfce and Mate should not be a problem now, I remember it would be a PITA to mix Xfce-LXDE-Mate earlier
as their settings could get mixed up, default file manager changed etc. but much better now.
Especially in a polished system like Salix the default DE will work much better out of the box.
actually to the point of switching mid-session .. but can't remember the name.
Mixing Xfce and Mate should not be a problem now, I remember it would be a PITA to mix Xfce-LXDE-Mate earlier
as their settings could get mixed up, default file manager changed etc. but much better now.
Especially in a polished system like Salix the default DE will work much better out of the box.
Re: Xfce and Mate on same install?
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Re: Xfce and Mate on same install?
You could give Slint64-14.2beta2 a try:
http://slackware.uk/slint/x86_64/slint-14.2/iso/
I am slowly setting up a wiki:
http://slint.fr/wiki/en/start
See the articles "About Slint", "How to get and install Slint" (to be completed) and "Getting started".
Feed back appreciated
PS to install MATE in addition to blackbox, fluxbox, kde, twm, windowmaker and xfce, type as root :as in Salix.
http://slackware.uk/slint/x86_64/slint-14.2/iso/
I am slowly setting up a wiki:
http://slint.fr/wiki/en/start
See the articles "About Slint", "How to get and install Slint" (to be completed) and "Getting started".
Feed back appreciated

PS to install MATE in addition to blackbox, fluxbox, kde, twm, windowmaker and xfce, type as root :
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slapt-get --install-set mate
Re: Xfce and Mate on same install?
That is what I do.
Let say you have opened xfce4
Then Ctrl-Alt-F2 gets you to the sonsole.
Login and type:
Mate will come up.
To switch to xfce4 do Ctrl-Alt-F7
back to Mate
in my case Crl-Alt-F4, you have to find out sometimes it is Ctr-Alt-F8
So you can switch easily back and forth. My main desktop is fluxbox,
I have as well xfce4 and mate installed. The latter one I use seldom.
Let say you have opened xfce4
Then Ctrl-Alt-F2 gets you to the sonsole.
Login and type:
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startx /usr/bin/mate-session -- :2
Enter
To switch to xfce4 do Ctrl-Alt-F7
back to Mate
in my case Crl-Alt-F4, you have to find out sometimes it is Ctr-Alt-F8
So you can switch easily back and forth. My main desktop is fluxbox,
I have as well xfce4 and mate installed. The latter one I use seldom.
Re: Xfce and Mate on same install?
Thanks, that is much easier than rebootingmimosa wrote:As far as I know there is no way to pass this as a boot option. In order to switch from one DE to another, you don't need to reboot, just log out, and select the one you want at the GDM login screen. You can also do this immediately on booting.

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Re: Xfce and Mate on same install?
Didier, thanks. That looks interesting, especially the support for a wider range of users, such as disabled users (Braille), etc. I wish you all the best with it.DidierSpaier wrote:You could give Slint64-14.2beta2 a try:
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