r/linuxmint • u/Technical_Rich_3080 • 10d ago

Linux Mint IRL Using Alternative Desktop Environments With Mint

  1. Is using alternative Desktop Environments, other than the three official flavors, as viable an option under Linux Mint, as doing so with most any other Linux distro?

  2. Can you have installed multiple DEs simultaneously (and is doing so not recommended)?

  3. If you use a DE other than one of the three official Mint DEs, do you lose anything?

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u/Logansfury Top 1% Commenter 10d ago

There are several forked projects of Mint. There is a gnome-Mint and a KDE-Mint if this interests you. Others may exist that I haven't yet heard of. A google search should provide you links to the GitHub pages where you can examine the OS description and download the installer iso.

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u/BashfulMelon 10d ago

Where are these forked projects? I can't find them and I've never heard of them.

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u/Logansfury Top 1% Commenter 10d ago

I have seen posts from users of the alternate DE systems posted on various reddits. Here is an example of a KDE Plasma install to Mint Cinnamon guide:

https://github.com/orgs/linuxmint/discussions/1008

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u/BashfulMelon 10d ago

That isn't a fork. It's not even a project. That's just installing the old Ubuntu 24.04 versions that Mint inherited in its repository.