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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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[–] RotatingParts@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I believe you can do this (and more) with Blend OS https://blendos.co/

[–] Macaroni9538@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I have read a little bit about this interesting distro. Haven't explored it much, though have read a ton of negative and mixed reviews. Isn't Rhino Linux sorta similar?

[–] RotatingParts@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They are both rolling releases. Rhino is based on Ubuntu and BlendOS is based on Arch. The difference is that Blend OS lets you install software from supported distributions (Arch, Fedora, and Ubuntu) into containers. Rhino (as far as I know) out of the box doesn't do that.

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

good to know, thanks. arch is out of my comfort zone lol though I have ambitions to slowly work my way into it with something easy. I used manjaro years ago and loved it. seems to have a bad rep, but I think their distro is most functional and beautiful, but again, i'm no Arch expert