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

  • azvasKvklenko@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    Pretty much, yes but they will interfere in few ways:

    • themes setup can get messy at times, but you should be able to easy override the settings
    • file associations can be inappropriate
    • you’ll have varoius of app suits installed and app menus will have them all
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      1 year ago

      man yoiu would think there’s an easy way to keep the DE’s seperate from one another to avoid any conflictions. without freaking VM damnit lol

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        1 year ago

        I think it was PureOS or some other distros that allowed to run DEs in containers, but I never tried this. It all boils down to the dotfiles in your home. I used to jump between DEs on the same install and it was perfectly viable, just required a little manual work.