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|  | Posted: Jan. 28 2004,00:22 |  |  On a normal Linux system, you can have a .xinitrc file in your home directory that tells Linux what window manager to start.
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 # The /home/user/.xinitrc file
 # This file starts fvwm
 fvwm2
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 You might have to include the path to the window manager. If no .xinitrc file
 is found in the /home/user directory, for example, you get the default, which might
 be KDE, or Gnome. One trick I use to boot up a bunch of different Window Managers is to create a user account for each one, and put a .xinitrc file in that users directory. For example, I might have the user "fvwmuser" That user likes
 FVWM. If I have my linux system boot to a text mode rather than "X", then I can login as fvwmuser, give the password, then "startx", and there I am, with
 FVWM in that user account. Another one I use on a system with KDE and Gnome, is gnomeuser. You get the idea.
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 I have not tried doing this on DSL, but I am sure it could be done, if other
 user accounts are made, then I would have to include that home directory in my
 filetool.lst on my USB drive, or floppy, so it would get restored.
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