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If you want to use KDE, you can just select this from the Session menu on the login banner. If you want to use another window manager you will need to create a startup script in your home directory named .xsession.

Here is a very simple example .xsession you could use to start a single xterm and twm:

#!/bin/sh
xterm -geometry +0+0 &
twm

After you create this file, you will need to make it executable:

chmod +x ~/.xsession

Once you have created this file, just login normally and it will take effect.

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