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

  • Redo11@szmer.info
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    1 year ago

    Other than some autostart apps, you are free to do whatever you want. I actually like having at least 2 DEs, one generic with default settings and one customized for everyday use. Also, they should use different backends. Then if I completely mess up with my config, I’ve got a fallback.

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      1 year ago

      Autostarts are the one thing I’d point to too. It’s nothing harmful but can be a little annoying if you need different scripts or tools to run on your different DEs.

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      1 year ago

      If you haven’t already give NixOS a go, used to have a dual boot as a fall back but using nix I’ve got the courage to screw around to my heart’s content cause I can always just load an earlier version of my config and/or wipe the machine and be back up to speed in 20 minutes if need be

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          If you start with the default config and just modify it from there you can figure it out as you go

          Installing software is usually just a case of adding the name to the package list in your config (you can find packages and options on search.nixos.org/packages