Tell me more ×
Ask Ubuntu is a question and answer site for Ubuntu users and developers. It's 100% free, no registration required.
up vote 8 down vote favorite

How do I use Awesome WM with Ubuntu 12.04? How do I invoke Awesome instead of Unity? Any dangers to trying to install it - in other words can I mess up my graphical shell?

share|improve this question

1 Answer

up vote 8 down vote accepted

There should be no problem installing it as lightdm controls what environment you log in to. After installing it, log out and click to the right of your name and awesome will be listed there.

share|improve this answer
The install will indeed create an awesome login session, so I've updated your answer to reflect this. – Chan-Ho Suh Apr 30 '12 at 0:39
1  
The OP used a gdm tag. Presumably it should work the same way for gdm as for lightdm.... – Chan-Ho Suh Apr 30 '12 at 0:46
Actually on further research I believe I am using lightdm, if that is the default display manager for Ubuntu 11.10 & 12.04. – haziz Apr 30 '12 at 1:27
Yes, it's the default since 11.10. So there's no danger...just install and login through the awesome session. – Chan-Ho Suh Apr 30 '12 at 1:44

Your Answer

 
discard

By posting your answer, you agree to the privacy policy and terms of service.

Not the answer you're looking for? Browse other questions tagged or ask your own question.