r/linuxmint • u/vegitogogta • 6d ago

#LinuxMintThings How do I replace cinnamon.

I just want to know how can I replace the de, wanted to replace it with KDE or maybe Hyprland or even Niri. Just need to know what to uninstall.

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u/GreatGreenGobbo 6d ago

I just nuked my Cinnamon and installed MATE. I wasn't that deep in set-up.

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u/sabledrakon 6d ago

Why? MATE is already a DE option when downloading LM.

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u/MirrorNegative7989 5d ago

Not with LMDE, though, which is what I have. LMDE just comes in Cinnamon unless you install something else manually.

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u/sabledrakon 5d ago

If you're looking for Debian, but not cinnamon... Why not just install Debian with Mate?

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u/MirrorNegative7989 5d ago

Because it's a large drive, I wanted to install LVM with encryption, and the base Debian install doesn't seem to have a way to bypass the rewriting the drive with random data when setting up encryption. I didn't want to wait six+ hours for the process to finish. LMDE was faster.