I am not a fan of cinnamon and i'd like to try gnome or kde plasma. i have heard great things about both and i tried gnome before, but i really hated how it worked with linux mint (particularly that it replaced the login screen with that of the ubuntu login). is there a way to avoid that? any other general tips? thank you everyone!

    • Mactan@lemmy.ml
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      11 months ago

      if you're trying out one or more than one DE I suggest making a new user for it, I've accidently messed up my dotfiles more times while DE hopping than I'd like to recall

      • blakeus12 [they/them, he/him]
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        11 months ago

        is there an easy way to transfer files from user to user? is there a way to delete other users easily? i will definitely do this, so thanks for the suggestion! do you know any resources about this i could consult?

        • Mactan@lemmy.ml
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          11 months ago

          as a root user you can move files around no problem, I'm sure there's desktop environment hopping articles to refer to, deleting is pretty straightforward too. for my case when I added i3 and hyprland I just tried flipping between the different desktops on a new user to see if anything broke before doing it on my main account, just something I have a habit of doing after some old mishaps