Fedora
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| Fedora LXDE Spin | ||
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| Developer | Christoph Wickert and LXDE Fedora Support Team | |
| Current Release | Fedora 12 LXDE Spin | |
| Latest version | ||
| Release date and age | December 14, 2009 | |
| Frequently updated | yes | |
| Programming language | C | |
| Platform | Linux Operating System | |
| Status | active | |
| License | GNU General Public License and other Free Licenses | |
| Website | spins.fedoraproject.org/lxde/ | |
Contents |
[edit] Current Status of LXDE in Fedora
LXDE is available for Fedora 8 and above. In Fedora 10 it has become an official feature and for Fedora 12 a custom LXDE Spin (installable Live CD) was released. Details and download at http://spins.fedoraproject.org/lxde/
[edit] Installation
Use the Fedora graphical Add/Remove program or in the command line
- yum install @lxde-desktop
[edit] Configuring Login Managers
For GDM, KDM and XDM no manual configuration is needed, /etc/X11/prefdm will automatically start the correct display manager. If you do however wish to specify a certain display manager independent of the desktop environment, you can do so in /etc/sysconfig/desktop:
DISPLAYMANAGER=GNOME|KDE|XDM
[edit] GDM or KDM
Just select LXDE from the available sessions listed by the display manager. If you don't see LXDE, restart your gdm or kdm, or reboot.
[edit] SLiM
In Fedora, slim may be called through a wrapper, slim-dynwm, which determines the available window managers using the freedesktop information and modifies the slim configuration file accordingly, before launching slim. To use SLiM with Fedora, put the following in your /etc/sysconfig/desktop configuration:
DISPLAYMANAGER=/usr/bin/slim-dynwm
To reboot or halt, login in as special username "reboot" or "halt" - using the root password. To get a console prompt use username "console", and to switch sessions use F1, screenshot F11.
[edit] Make LXDE the default Desktop
To use LXDE as the default desktop for new users, put the following in your /etc/sysconfig/desktop configuration:
PREFERRED=/usr/bin/startlxde
[edit] External Links
For more information and screenshots visit the Fedora Project Wiki:
- LXDE feature page: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/LXDE
- Fedora LXDE Spin: http://spins.fedoraproject.org/lxde/
- Get Fedora: http://docs.fedoraproject.org/install-guide/f12/en-US/html/ch-new-users.html
