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

  • Swiggles
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    1 year ago

    In general it is safe to install as many DEs as you want. There is some overlap between (user) configuration files though which might be annoying.

    It should be fine to experiment, but you might need to restore some settings afterwards. For daily use I would just stick to one DE. Personally I don’t think there is really a reason to use multiple DEs as a single user. It would throw me off and mess with my workflow.

    Also keep in mind that many DE also provide a set of default tools which add clutter. So you probably want to keep it low for this reason alone.

    • Macaroni9538@lemmy.mlOP
      1·
      1 year ago

      thanks man, it’s the explorer in me. I nixed that triple boot idea lol so I figured i would choose one distro (fedora 38) and experiement with DE’s instead. it has not been working about great to say the least…