Re: This Linux Distro Puts More Than 20 Desktops A Click Away

From	rbowman <bowman@montana.com>
Newsgroups	comp.os.linux.misc
Subject	Re: This Linux Distro Puts More Than 20 Desktops A Click Away
Date	2025-08-20 18:34 +0000
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On Wed, 20 Aug 2025 09:27:23 +0100, Nuno Silva wrote:

> On 2025-08-19, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:
> 
>> From
>> <https://www.zdnet.com/article/this-linux-distro-puts-more-than-20-
desktops-a-click-away/>:
>>
>>     Typically, Sparky defaults to the LXQt desktop, but offers versions
>>     with MATE, Xfce, and KDE Plasma.
>>
>> and
>>
>>     Remember the Web Browser installer? Sparky gives desktop
>>     environments the same treatment. Go to the app center, click
>>     Desktops, and you'll find 27 different desktops to install, from
>>     Awesom, Budgie, CDE, Cinnamon, Enlightenment, GNOME, i3, MATE,
>>     Openbox, Sway, and more.
>>
>> All of these are available in Debian, which Sparky is based on.
> 
> ... isn't this exactly how Linux-based distributions usually work? (So
> perhaps all of them with some exceptions?)  You have a bunch of
> alternatives packaged and you can install and use different ones through
> the package manager?

Years ago when I first used Ubuntu I wasn't impressed by GNOME and 
installed KDE.  It worked, sort of, but there was a bit of fragility. 
Since then I've stuck with the distro with the DE I wanted, Fedora KDE, 
Lubuntu, etc. 

> 
> Or has this changed?

I think it's gotten smoother if you want multiple DEs. There was one 
distro that came with just about every DE just in case you want a 
different one every day.

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This Linux Distro Puts More Than 20 Desktops A Click Away Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-08-19 00:57 +0000
  Re: This Linux Distro Puts More Than 20 Desktops A Click Away 🇵🇱Jacek Marcin Jaworski🇵🇱 <jaworski1978@adres.pl> - 2025-08-19 06:12 +0200
    Re: This Linux Distro Puts More Than 20 Desktops A Click Away 🇵🇱Jacek Marcin Jaworski🇵🇱 <jaworski1978@adres.pl> - 2025-08-19 06:33 +0200
  Re: This Linux Distro Puts More Than 20 Desktops A Click Away Woozy Song <suzyw0ng@outlook.com> - 2025-08-19 19:59 +0800
    Re: This Linux Distro Puts More Than 20 Desktops A Click Away Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-08-19 21:30 +0000
      Re: This Linux Distro Puts More Than 20 Desktops A Click Away Robert Heller <heller@deepsoft.com> - 2025-08-19 22:45 +0000
        Re: This Linux Distro Puts More Than 20 Desktops A Click Away Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> - 2025-08-19 17:59 -0700
        Re: This Linux Distro Puts More Than 20 Desktops A Click Away Nuno Silva <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> - 2025-08-20 09:39 +0100
          Re: This Linux Distro Puts More Than 20 Desktops A Click Away rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-08-20 18:38 +0000
            Re: This Linux Distro Puts More Than 20 Desktops A Click Away John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com> - 2025-08-20 11:54 -0700
  Re: This Linux Distro Puts More Than 20 Desktops A Click Away Nuno Silva <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> - 2025-08-20 09:27 +0100
    Re: This Linux Distro Puts More Than 20 Desktops A Click Away "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-08-20 12:45 +0200
    Re: This Linux Distro Puts More Than 20 Desktops A Click Away rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-08-20 18:34 +0000
      Re: This Linux Distro Puts More Than 20 Desktops A Click Away The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-08-21 10:55 +0100

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