β² 1782 βΌ Hot take (lemmy.ml) submitted 2 years ago by SchrodingersPat@lemmy.ml to c/linuxmemes@lemmy.world 353 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[β] hj01bg@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 years ago (4 children) Are there (sizeable) distros that does not allow you to install multiple DE's and change between them? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 8 child comments replies: [β] Da_Boom@iusearchlinux.fyi 11 points 2 years ago That's not usually the problem. Usually you can generally do this on any distro, even ones that have a higher level of integration with their DE. The problem is more likely to be issues caused by overlapping configurations and base libraries that can cause weird issues if they aren't swapped out or kept default. If they aren't default and are managed by the package manager, usually the package manager will mark it as modified and often won't touch it unless you purge the configurations. Some will ask and some will straight up nuke em. permalink fedilink source parent [β] edinbruh@feddit.it 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) To me the problem is actually removing the old one. You can easily uninstall gnome, but it will leave behind config files and various data. It's less clean. Also, there's an overlap in the libraries required by DEs, so you should use the "replace" option in you package manager (if it has one) to let o t figure out the best way to uninstall one and install the other. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] maryjayjay@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) That's a problem with the package manager permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] edinbruh@feddit.it 2 points 2 years ago Not entirely, for example you don't expect the package manager to remove the gnome folder from the .local of every user permalink fedilink source parent [β] Mikina@programming.dev 3 points 2 years ago AFAIK Fedora comes with Gnome and KDE, both in Wayland and X11 version, out of the box, and you can just select one when logging in. permalink fedilink source parent [β] fosforus@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 years ago I'm sure they all allow it, but some make it awkward enough that a reinstall might be a better option. permalink fedilink source parent
[β] Da_Boom@iusearchlinux.fyi 11 points 2 years ago That's not usually the problem. Usually you can generally do this on any distro, even ones that have a higher level of integration with their DE. The problem is more likely to be issues caused by overlapping configurations and base libraries that can cause weird issues if they aren't swapped out or kept default. If they aren't default and are managed by the package manager, usually the package manager will mark it as modified and often won't touch it unless you purge the configurations. Some will ask and some will straight up nuke em. permalink fedilink source parent
[β] edinbruh@feddit.it 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) To me the problem is actually removing the old one. You can easily uninstall gnome, but it will leave behind config files and various data. It's less clean. Also, there's an overlap in the libraries required by DEs, so you should use the "replace" option in you package manager (if it has one) to let o t figure out the best way to uninstall one and install the other. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] maryjayjay@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) That's a problem with the package manager permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] edinbruh@feddit.it 2 points 2 years ago Not entirely, for example you don't expect the package manager to remove the gnome folder from the .local of every user permalink fedilink source parent
[β] maryjayjay@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) That's a problem with the package manager permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] edinbruh@feddit.it 2 points 2 years ago Not entirely, for example you don't expect the package manager to remove the gnome folder from the .local of every user permalink fedilink source parent
[β] edinbruh@feddit.it 2 points 2 years ago Not entirely, for example you don't expect the package manager to remove the gnome folder from the .local of every user permalink fedilink source parent
[β] Mikina@programming.dev 3 points 2 years ago AFAIK Fedora comes with Gnome and KDE, both in Wayland and X11 version, out of the box, and you can just select one when logging in. permalink fedilink source parent
[β] fosforus@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 years ago I'm sure they all allow it, but some make it awkward enough that a reinstall might be a better option. permalink fedilink source parent