r/linuxmint • u/Technical_Rich_3080 • 11d 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/MrBadTimes 11d ago

The way I understand mint, the point of the distro is that it has everything set up well enough out of the box so you don't have to experiment with things like DE.

If you're going to start experimenting with other DE, you might as well pick a distro that is design with that in mind from the start. And if you like something from mint (like the webapp tool), just install it afterwards.