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Switch Linux Desktop Environments With Ease
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I have used KDE for years- and considered it PERFECT– but the recent up date f…d it up BIG TIME. its a jumbled mess of useless junk now– they tried to make it gnome which was stupid..
GOOD VIDEO.. THANKS.. I appreciate the new style too- as some below here do– NO fluff, no wordiness, just good info smoothe and simple.. GREAT JOB.
It is better to use one desktop at a time unless you are using one that comes with that desktop. For example LXDE comes with Openbox which you cannot remove. And Gnome also comes with Gnome Classic if you have installed Gnome Shell Extensions. But yes you can change the desktop environment. I have done this myself when I first installed Linux Mint Xfce and I wanted KDE. I just installed KDE desktop then once I logged into KDE just removed Xfce. But only do this once you have logged into your new desktop to avoid problems. Yes it can be done and is easy to do.
I’m a windows user. I bought a mini PC for office work and decided to set up both win 11 and Linux fedora. I’m a little confused why I cannot change the desktop background to a solid black color with a couple of clicks? it covers my en screen and I can only select between pre determined options. I googled and it said i need to install something to change my desktop background. if that’s true I think that’s insanity
Nixos is super great in this case. Just edit the configuration file and specify the new Desktop environment. And rebuild and switch to that version. Reboot and you are good. No dependency issues
Linux simply Rocks, I use RichARCH btw. With it I was able to get Arch Linux up and running simply and quickly with kickstart like automation features.
Reject GNOME, return to NsCDE
Oo nice, even more clutter in the distro that is just waiting to break.
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Maybe a video how install a full desktop enviroment using distrobox is more usefull. Because is less risk to destroy your host system install.
Only thing I’d change is to explain how to do a soft restart instead of rebooting. Use a VT to change run levels and close the DM, then change run levels back to login from the DM. I don’t know if Fedora makes provisions in its installer to install multiple WM/DE’s, but Slackware does, and for a first time user I’d recommend installing multiple WM/DE’s that way if you’re new to Linux. In fact, if you’re new to Linux and haven’t already installed it, I’d recommend installing every package that the installer makes available to you.
Well, I m surprised, someway whatever I think regarding linux seems to be your next video’s topic.
I want to install Gnome Kali side by side with Ubuntu using the guide in the video but I am not winning. I entered “sudo apt install gnome-kali-desktop and it said unable to locate package. Please help
Thank u so much for the tips. I was having some problems with fedora kde spin while using wayland and nvdia. Swiched to X11 and running smothly now.
Please, more videos to KDE Plasma and tweaking. How to make it look stunning and improve the general UX.
Installing many DEs on the same OS is for more experienced users. I did it and was able to remove one DE, without breaking another, but that requires some planning and know-how about how the distro and DEs work. There are too many small issues that one has to work around when two DEs are installed. Of course, there are DEs that don’t conflict with each other at all. Plasma and LXQT work together nicely, because they can share many things and you can use kwin in LXQT, remembering that any kwin settings are in Plasma settings, not LXQT ones. Also, any big DE like Plasma or Gnome will likely work well with tiling manager DE. However, having Gnome and Plasma can be problematic, but doable when one knows the structure of configs.
Good job, Michael. This is first videos that I have seen which covers this. Glad you showed us how to do this. Again, I’m newer to Linux, but I am trying to learn from Mentors like you.
Just use rpm-ostree aka Fedora Atomic. I just do an rpm-ostree rebase to another DE image, and while config files from old DE is still there, in terms of package and avoiding breakage, it’s a super clean process, especially with the Universal Blue images.
Hey man, your videos have been really helpful for migrating to Linux. The video where you tried to do important things without the terminal was quite interesting and important, because new users can use it to find out how they can make certain changes even if they’re not comfortable with the terminal. However, I’m yet to find out how to move my /home// folder to a new drive without using the terminal.
While copying the files to the new drive is easy, all the guides/tutorials I found end up mounting it to the distro’s /home/ using the terminal. Plenty of distros allow you to select a separate drive for /home during installation, but what about people who bought a new drive and want to move it? I don’t expect my elder family members to remember commands to mount it, or properly execute a script to do that.
I think that video needs another part as I feel like there’s plenty of other tasks that still need to be done through the terminal only. Hopefully you see this and make another video.