getting rid of gnome

[Richard Shaw]

On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 6:27 PM, Tom Horsley <tom.horsley at att.net> wrote:
> On Wed, 18 Jun 2008 00:46:58 +0200
> "Andras Simon" <szajmi at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> What is the official way to get rid of either gnome...
>
> I don't think there is an "official" way, but you can write
> your own ~/.xsession script to do whatever you want (however
> on F9, you'll have to install the xorg-x11-xinit rpm in
> order to get a choice in the gdm login to run your user
> defined script).
>
> My .xsession has grown over the years, but it still basically
> just runs fvwm and a few selected apps.
>
> As a result, I get to have my entire screen available and not
> cluttered with annoying panels, random applets popping up demanding
> attention, etc.
>
> If all you want to change is the window manager, the odds are
> good that you could search with gconf-editor for "metacity" and find
> the config key that tells gnome to start that and replace it
> with something else. (Though I haven't tried it).

To find the most "official" way I would try installing "switchdesk"
and try changing the desktop between the supported desktops and see
what files are changed. Then make copied of the affected files and
change desktops again. Do a diff of the files and see whats changed.

Richard