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Deusdies

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Registered: 2010-09-13

Posts: 116

[SOLVED] Can I install Gnome 3 alongside KDE?

Long story short, I hated everything about Gnome 3 when it first came out, but 3.10 (and 3.12) look sleek. I've just installed it in VBox and it seems great, though there are some graphical issues (I'm guessing that's because of the VBox).

Currently running Arch as a host, with KDE 4.12 installed. I remember back in the old days you could install both DEs easily and switch between them in the login manager - is this still the case? Should I simply do a pacman -S install gnome and that's it? The main question is - this should not cause any issues, correct?

Cheers,
Bo

Last edited by Deusdies (2014-03-30 22:49:39)

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Ville

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From: Espoo, Finland

Registered: 2014-02-03

Posts: 13

Re: [SOLVED] Can I install Gnome 3 alongside KDE?

Yes you can install both.

I had exact same opinion about earlier gnome versions but I really like 3.10 and I use it as my main desktop.

Deusdies

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Registered: 2010-09-13

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Re: [SOLVED] Can I install Gnome 3 alongside KDE?

Thank you, that's all I asked for.

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karol

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Registered: 2009-05-06

Posts: 25,440

Re: [SOLVED] Can I install Gnome 3 alongside KDE?

Please remember to mark the thread as solved https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=130309

Deusdies

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Registered: 2010-09-13

Posts: 116

Re: [SOLVED] Can I install Gnome 3 alongside KDE?

Yep, sorry, I thought I did.

Anyway, after playing with Gnome 3.10 for some time, I can see its appeal... but I can also see some huge productivity issues. It may be because I haven't spent so much time configuring it, I'll give it another go tonight, but eh so far KDE is still better (IMO).

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Void_Walker

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Registered: 2009-06-17

Posts: 53

Re: [SOLVED] Can I install Gnome 3 alongside KDE?

Try using gnome classic. Its preconfigured gnome-shell so it looks a little bit like gnome2, but with the gnome3 functionality... and its lightweight (in comparisson to KDE4). Which was the main reason why I switched from xfce4 to gnome3. (and i am using the gnome-classic one) KDE takes too long to load IMHO and thats something I cannot live with.