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Change from KDE display manager to Gnome display manager

June 5, 2008 5:54 pm

I recently tried the new KDE 4.1 desktop. This desktop has enormous potential. However, currently it is still in its BETA stage and has too many bugs to be used as a production desktop. When installing the desktop I switched to the KDE display manager. I removed the desktop and found that the KDE display manager was still the default. I searched the web to find this easy solution.

Go to a terminal and type:

sudo dpkg-reconfigure gdm

Follow the prompt and you can set the Gnome display manger (gdm) as the default.

Let me know if you have any questions.

From smug to stuffed

March 9, 2008 5:09 am

Johnny Close-ups Johnny is an arrogant cat. His ass stinks, but he does not think that it does. He licks you with a scaly tongue, but he thinks that you like it. He vocalizes a “perrr..meow” in the morning and doesn’t realize that he is one step away from a rooster, about to become soup stock, or a bird on a rotisserie. Now Jenn, despite loving chicken, will not let me eat our cat. I assure her that he is tender and juicy.  He also just took a flying leap over the laptop, while I was trying to write this; the feline must DIE!

Case in point

  • he is fed a well balanced diet
  • he does not do anything but lay around the house (far from gamy)
  • we pet him periodically, tenderizing the meat
  • he drinks plenty of fluids
  • he lives in a sanitary apartment (which is a much better than any of you can say about the last bird that you bought in the grocery store)

Johnny is arrogant. Of that much you can be sure. I say that we stop eating the birds and eat the animals that feed upon birds. We are highly evolved and in my own personal opinion, the world could use a few less arrogant cats.