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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

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Is there a safe way to run multiple desktop environments on Ubuntu 22.04? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago by Macaroni9538@lemmy.ml to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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I have tried it on several distros before and it always causes problems because you get a million more packages intermingled with your already installed packages and sometimes you get conflicts or whatever. But it usually messes up my system. is there a safe way to have several desktops installed? or do you pretty much install a new one then remove the old one? thanks

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[–] KISSmyOS@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm on Slackware, so having 2 different desktop environments and ...checks notes... 5 window managers installed is the default.
I've never noticed any conflicts.

I feel like a lot of frustration and 50% of broken installations could be avoided if people just learnt to ignore installed packages they don't use, instead of spending valuable time to free worthless amounts of disk space.

[–] Macaroni9538@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

You see, through all my trials I have learned about DE's and display managers but nothing about window managers.... maybe that's my issue haha