How to Switch Desktop Environments on Linux
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- Опубликовано: 11 сен 2024
- In this video, I show you how to switch desktop environments on Linux. This video showcases Debian and Arch Linux going from GNOME to KDE, but these procedures should be very similar on these distributions' respective derivatives, and with any desktop environment.
Arch Linux Desktop Environments: wiki.archlinux...
Commands for Debian:
Install a desktop environment: sudo tasksel
*On Ubuntu, you will need to install tasksel with "sudo apt install tasksel".
Switch display managers: sudo dpkg-reconfigure [any installed display manager] (example: sudo dpkg-reconfigure gdm3)
List tasksel tasks: tasksel --list-tasks
Show packages installed by a task: apt show $(tasksel --task-packages=[task]) (example: apt show $(tasksel --task-packages=gnome-desktop))
Uninstall a desktop environment:
sudo apt --purge remove [desktop environment "package name"]* (example: sudo apt remove --purge gnome*)
sudo apt autoremove
Commands for Arch Linux:
Install a desktop environment: sudo pacman -S [package group(s)] (example: sudo pacman -S plasma)
Switch display managers: sudo systemctl enable -f [desired display manager] (example: sudo systemctl enable -f sddm)
Uninstall a desktop environment: sudo pacman -Rs [package group(s)] (example: sudo pacman -Rs gnome gnome-extra)
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Bro, thank you.
Nobody talks about properly removing the old DE, and generally nobody talks about how not to break it.
ABSO-BLOODY-LUTELY!
As always, great video.
This helped a heap, I really didn't like GNOME. Thanks man, appreciate it!
For configuring the default desktop specific to X on Debian you can do this:
sudo update-alternatives --config x-session-manager
And then you get a list to choose the desired option from.
It sets the default for running `startx` or when you are use Xrdp for remote desktop sessions, when no user specific .xsession or .xinit file exists.
Thank you for this tutorial :)
I use Debian and I never use Tasksel to install anything. Once debian is installed that is the first thing I remove. You can uninstall Tasksel and you just reinstall your desktop environment using the Apt command. That's what I use to install my desktops. It's true that Debian using Tasksel during the Netinstall or ISO install to install the desktop and some other things. But once Debian is installed you can remove it and I find Apt is much better with installing desktops. You don't need Tasksel as Debian does not depend on it. Debian and Ubuntu use Apt. Yes you can also remove old desktop environments that you are not using anymore. As long as you log into your new one first before you remove the old one.
True, you can do it that way. I just used tasksel for simplicity.
@@DrewHowdenTech There are several ways to install desktops. If you want Gnome without the full bloatware you can install Gnome Core as I do. Which does bring in some Gnome software you cannot remove but you don't get all of the unwanted stuff like LibreOffice or the 3 media plays you will never use. The Tasksel package install the full Gnome desktop which is absolutely everything. Tasksel is also not reliable like apt as sometimes it breaks things. That's also why I don't have it on my system.
Great. Thank you!
Excellent video!!!
Amazing video thank you very much I'm on Linux noob
Thank you very much!
Good to see you going to kde from gnome, because gnome is going worse and worse idk why. Kde is getting so better nowadays. What's your opinion?
I do agree that GNOME isn't a great desktop environment if you're looking to make it your own. GNOME is meant to be simplistic, not customizable.
For some people, that can be great. For example, someone who wants to get off Windows, but doesn't necessarily want to go out of their way to make their desktop their own.
gnome does have a beautiful and great design but as you guys mentioned it's not as customizable as kde. I like them both but I prefer kde.
Just tried that with kde-applications and it returned error 404, only got 122/598 files
Why is Linux so complicated?
Tried just plasma - same. Im getting disconnected?? What am I supposed to do?
What distribution are you on?
@@DrewHowdenTech just found the problem. You are supposed to use -Syu and not -S.
I am brand new to this stuff but DAMN, seriously how can I possibly learn anything when the rules are switching under my nose. I watched a couple of 3 and 2 month old videos - they all say -S. But on this one site(one of many) it clearly says Partial upgrades are not supported. Did this happen in the last 2 months? Its not like the console tells me WHY I was denied installation. Why would it be helpful?? I just have to roll the dice every time I get a hiccup.
Venting complete ....
Its installed now. Now I have to see what steps I have to complete to start using it. Wish me luck.
Yep, failed to enable sddm.service does not exist... I still rebooted to gnome. Im using Arch, but the installation I was following closely was not using KDE and I ran with it because it was the one that worked. Someone said that switching is eaaaasy. That's all I ever hear from Linux users and then the reality is I have to dig up command lines and decipher Linux messages when it asks me what I prefer to use option 1 or option 2 with no explanation what am I even looking at. Not to mention when it asks me if I want a user interface, login, sound, network...???? Like YEAH I want them dammit! Have you ever bought a car and the salesman ask you Do you want seats and a steering wheel?
I would not recommend Arch Linux for a new user (for exactly the reasons you just mentioned). For beginners, I would recommend either Ubuntu or Linux Mint, so try one of those.
These are designed with the new user in mind, so they will be more kind to you right out of the gate.
@@DrewHowdenTech yep, possibly. But I am not one who looks at the mountain and says nope..
By the way at 8:10 you reboot and choose to switch to KDE. You do it fast and you do NOT show where that menue popped up from. I actually thought I did not installed KDE since the command which startkde returns false. Turns out there is a small gear that only appears in the corner after you click on your username. But you didnt show that. That is CRUCIAL to a new user following this video. More people will actually miss that and not know what to do.
...ayeo! My kde desktop just disappeared on me and left me with a black screen and a mouse while I was typing this... I am finding this failure hilarious.
I didn't liked xfce, thank you