Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: rbowman Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: Lubuntu vs. Xubuntu: Which Ubuntu flavor is right for you - my expert advice Date: 26 Dec 2025 18:38:04 GMT Lines: 27 Message-ID: References: <10if6e3$kag3$1@dont-email.me> <10igm6l$10hm7$2@dont-email.me> <10igpir$1086g$16@dont-email.me> <20251226090654.00000d42@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net xBeLyYWFx564szksJGgSagbJLGJkULqGkUwBta0EkpgQDwiWps Cancel-Lock: sha1:1DBvneNutroTmILLN5CtYINPm1M= sha256:2sb01uwUzHoYkzeOPLogyO9wqMpGNnrL/D8noNejuSQ= User-Agent: Pan/0.162 (Pokrosvk) Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:79875 On Fri, 26 Dec 2025 09:06:54 -0800, John Ames wrote: > AFAIK aren't all these DE-flavored "spin" sub-distros connecting to the > same repository? Is it not possible to just swap out the default DE for > your environment of choice? I never did see the point of doing it that > way, but even if you're stuck with this or that "flavor" for $REASONS it > should be easy enough to switch off of the part you hate, unless I'm > greatly mistaken. Theoretically. At one point I installed a GNOME distro, didn't like it, and added KDE. It worked, mostly, but had some occasional problems when updating. More recently I installed Linux Mint MATE on one laptop and added Xfce. It seemed to work although I didn't use either DE heavily. I reinstalled LM Cinnamon when I switched to a SSD. I have added sway to two KDE boxes and i3 to the LM box. That seems to work although at one point the system got confused when I called MATE GUIs from i3. Like my earlier GNOME/KDE experience I think you have to limit mixing and matching for the best experience. I never tried it but from some forum posts adding a DE and trying to uninstall the original DE doesn't work well. With EndeavourOS if you choose the offline installation you get KDE but if you select online you select the DE during the installation. I think that makes more sense than having separate isos for each flavor like Mint, spins like Fedora, or K, X, L, etc Ubuntus that give the impression they're different projects.