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lucacerone

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From: Spain

Registered: 2012-05-04

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Install various Desktop Environments

Hi everybody,
I have been using Arch with Mate DE with lightdm for a while now.

Now I would like to try different DEs like Gnome and KDE on my laptop. In the wiki it explains how to install these desktop environments,
but it is not clear to me whether this requires deleting Mate or not.

In Ubuntu I could install several DEs and select the one I wanted to use when logging in. I guess it is possible to do this in Arch as well,
but I can't understand how.

Coule somebody help me/point me to the right wiki page?

Thanks in advance for the help,
Cheers,
Luca

lucke

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From: Poland

Registered: 2004-11-30

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Re: Install various Desktop Environments

Just install another DE and choose it on lightdm's login screen.

lucacerone

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From: Spain

Registered: 2012-05-04

Posts: 144

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Re: Install various Desktop Environments

Thanks lucke, I was scared of messing up my current settings, I'll give it a try

clfarron4

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Registered: 2013-06-28

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Re: Install various Desktop Environments

Only thing I'd warn you about is that when you install a new DE, it might import the autostart settings from the most recently run DE on the very first run (I had this going from MATE to Cinnamon and then into Plasma 5). After that, their autostart settings should be independent.

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