Switching Desktop Environments

If you decide you want to try a different desktop environment, the Desktop Switcher provides a graphical means of changing your desktop environments between KDE, GNOME, and several different window managers (including XFce and TWM). To open the Desktop Switcher, select Applications ® Preferences ® More Preferences ® Desktop Switching Tool.

From the Desktop Switcher, select the desktop environment (GNOME or KDE) or window manager (XFce or TWM) you want to use next. You can have that change apply to the current display (just the next time you restart X only) or make the change permanent. Click OK. Then log out. The next time you log in, the new environment or window manager will take effect.