Re: boot Debian Gnome, Debian KDE, and Mate, XFCE

From	Joe <joe@jretrading.com>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: boot Debian Gnome, Debian KDE, and Mate, XFCE
Date	2024-09-26 11:00 +0200
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On Thu, 26 Sep 2024 07:19:26 +1000
George at Clug <Clug@goproject.info> wrote:

> My experiences - George.
> 
> On Wednesday, 25-09-2024 at 12:37 Max Nikulin wrote:
> > On 25/09/2024 04:52, George at Clug wrote:  
> > > An other example would be to boot Debian Gnome, Debian KDE, and
> > > Debian Mate, Debian XFCE.  
> > 
<snip>
> 
> > Display managers allow to 
> > select session type before login (but some can not remember
> > per-user preferences).  
> 
> Using a different display manager is not the same as using a
> different installation.
> 
No, for that you need multi-boot.

But to compare Gnome, KDE etc. you would be staying within one
installation and using the display manager to switch between desktop
environments, which is what these things are. You could also compare
with other environments such as window managers, but generally only
heavy professional users find it convenient to eliminate the desktop
environments, such as you mention (also LXDE and Cinnamon).

If you look around your login screen, it may not be obvious, but there
should be a way to select different types of session. Even with a
default Debian installation you should find a session control widget in
the top right corner of the screen while the login box is shown, though
it will only contain the desktop you selected on installation. But you
can install others, and they will appear on this session menu.

There are also multiple display managers you can try, and again can
install several and select between them. 

https://wiki.debian.org/DisplayManager

Some further notes:

https://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?t=154871

Mostly different DMs just give you different login dialogs, they all do
the same things in terms of starting an X session. They don't make any
difference to the environment once the session has started.

-- 
Joe

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              boot Debian Gnome, Debian KDE, and Mate, XFCE (was: Re:  Finding/creating Debian documentation for an unserved audience) Max Nikulin <manikulin@gmail.com> - 2024-09-25 04:40 +0200
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                Re: boot Debian Gnome, Debian KDE, and Mate, XFCE Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2024-09-26 11:00 +0200
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                Re: boot Debian Gnome, Debian KDE, and Mate, XFCE George at Clug <Clug@goproject.info> - 2024-09-27 14:00 +0200
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                Re: boot Debian Gnome, Debian KDE, and Mate, XFCE Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2024-09-27 14:50 +0200
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