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petgil
2017-02-10, 23:09
Hello everybody,

I installed Kali Linux 2016.2 today but I want to get rid Gnome an would like to set Cinnamon as default in my Kali.
Already uninstalled Gnome " apt-get remove gnome-core" and installed Cinnamon "apt-get install kali-defaults kali-root-login desktop-base cinnamon"
After rebooting my machine Gnome is still coming up as desktop/window manager.
What do I have to do to set Cinnamon as my default Desktop/Window manager.

vu4rac0d3
2017-02-11, 02:05
hi there you have to run following command:

update-alternatives --config x-session-manager

then simply select which Desktop Environments(Desktop Manager) you want to use.

petgil
2017-02-16, 16:29
@vu4rac0d3: Thank you for your help.
Cinnamon works fine now