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Is there a proper way to use several DE's on one distro or is it not advised? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I have read many conflicting things, like always. Just wondering if there's a safe way to use several DE's on one distro without messing up my damn computer lol I've tried it several times and it always messed things up. I'm currently brand new to fedora workstation 38 too btw. Thanks alot

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Back in my days this was called mental illness

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

wanting to is there something wrong with wanting to explore different DE's?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

What's wrong with being DE fluid? Some days I identify with cinnamon, some days with plasma. System76 has a page on tips to switch between different ones in Pop OS once you get bored of GNOME (immediately). Might be some advice that carries over to other distros.

@OP: https://support.system76.com/articles/desktop-environment/

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

I kinda want to move to sway/hyprland, am currently using Gnome frankensteined into a tiling WM

From what I hear you get a barely functional system to begin with though and I do like that everything in gnome just works as expected and doesn't require me to set it up

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I wish I had the time to learn more about modifying gnome. I like what nobara did with it but I miss desktop widgets too much. pop's version lets you categorize your apps into their own folders which is such a breath of fresh air. but true it does just work. default gnome for me is really only good for for x11 compatability issues though

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Fair enough. I like 90% of what gnome do by default, they just make it very difficult to do the remaining 10% yourself