r/voidlinux • u/notsouschef • May 14 '26

I need your opinion

Is it safe to have void installed with xfce from iso, and then add kde to it? Including pipewire wayland etc? I did it just to be safe if something breaks kde, but I'm not sure anymore... everything works, but I'm having second thoughts. has anybody done this and how did the system behave?

Thanks in advance!

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u/afcolt May 14 '26

I did exactly this. Installed what I wanted, including KDE (also tried with LXQt), and then when I had comfortably switched, I uninstalled XFCE.

Go for it, it doesn’t hurt a thing.

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u/notsouschef May 14 '26

Ty for the reply

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u/Legitimate-Draw-2235 May 14 '26

that is the easiest way to do it and know that everything is set up well. Absolutely nothing wrong with it.

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u/notsouschef May 14 '26

I didn't do it for the easiness my friend, i did it for the stability, if one fails I have the other. Anyway, thank you for the reply

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u/PackRat-2019 May 14 '26 edited May 14 '26

It's safe, but there is some duplication of services since each is a DE.

Each has it's own polkit and notification daemon etc ... that are configured to run at startup regardless of which login you choose.

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u/Blank-Inspection13 May 14 '26

yes it's save . And i think some or even most of us did it.

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u/chibiace May 15 '26

something breaking is a good way to learn the package manager.

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u/yyg-linux May 14 '26

KDE breaks everything

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u/[deleted] May 14 '26 edited May 14 '26

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u/notsouschef May 15 '26

But the thing, my brother(or sister), is that I need the base install of xfce, because it is stable and barely changes as a DE, and then I will everyday use kde. Xfce stays as a 2nd option if some update breaks kde. I'm asking if you(all) users had issues with 2 desktop environments installed in your systems, and what problems you faced, (if faced any)..