Board:   [DoveNet] Unix/Linux
Subject: Kde Plasma Desktop Vs. Ci
From:    MIKE POWELL
Date:    Mon Feb 02, 2026 09:09

@VIA: CAPCITY2/UUMOES
> I remember it used to be that in Linux, you could set the 'runlevel' to
> determine whether it automatically started in the desktop environment or not
> think runlevel 3 was to start up at the console, and runlevel 5 was to start
> in the desktop environment; specifically, to launch XFree86 on startup).  And
> remember being able to exit out of XFree86, and also running 'startx' to run
> XFree86 again.  Is that not the case anymore?

If you are still using a distro that uses a flavor of init, like Devuan,
you can probably still do these things.  If you are using a distro that
has migrated to systemd, I amnot certain if that would work anymore or
not.

With most distros, you can use a CTRL-ALT-F# at the GUI logon manager main
menu to get a console instead.

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