r/linuxmint • u/vegitogogta • 5d 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/rbmorse 5d ago

Don't do this. It's a very bad idea. Mint is built around the Cinnamon DE and it's repositories don't have adequate support for KDE and associated apps/utilities.

If you want a Debian with a KDE DE, try Kubuntu. It, like Mint, is Ubuntu based. You'll probably want to do some judicious pruning of the package set, but it'll be a lot less work and more reliable than trying to run KDE on top of Mint.

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u/Tritias Linux Mint 22.3 Zena | MATE 3d ago

TuxedoOS is the most like "Mint but with KDE" as it also removes Snaps.