using multiple window systems - selecting at boot

[Al Johnson]

On Saturday 15 May 2010, Robin Paulson wrote:
> i'm investigating changing to debian as the os for my fr. it appears i
> can use either qtmoko, or the shr suite of apps on top of this. if i
> install both, how would i go about choosing which environment (Qt/X)
> boots at startup? on my desktop i'd probably see if grub could do it,
> but as there is no grub i'm a bit stuck here.
> 
> any suggestions?

You could use a different init level for each, say 3 for Qt and 5 for X, then 
use telinit or similar to switch between them.