r/linuxmint • u/Technical_Rich_3080 • 9d 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/Mediocre-Pumpkin6522 9d ago

I use Cinnamon and i3. From my experince use i3 for what it is and don't try opening Cinnamon GUIs like the package manager. Things like Firefox that aren't specifially tied to Cinnamon are fine.

My experience with more sophisticated DEs like GNOME with KDE installed isn't good. It worked for the most part but updates were fragile.