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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 1 year 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] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Thanks, but how does one utilize or even explore other DEs within a distro without messing things up? is it just not possible or am I going about it wrong?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I've seen advice before that creating a new user account and using that to log into multiple DEs is an option.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Tried that but didn't work. Maybethere's specific tweaks I have to make first?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

That's a bit vague. What did you try, and what didn't work?