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changing the desktop environment

From	mick crane <mick.crane@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	changing the desktop environment
Date	2018-09-06 13:00 +0200
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hello,
It is a long time since I fiddled with the display.
is buster.
there are the names
display manager which is lightdm
desktop environment which is mate
and window manager which I think is part of mate

If I want to change desktop environment do I need a window manager ?
I'm not seeing anything looks like a window manager in output
of "ps ax"

How do I change desktop environment ?
Is it
"update-alternatives --config x-window-manager"

just asking because I don't want to bugger it up

mick

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changing the desktop environment mick crane <mick.crane@gmail.com> - 2018-09-06 13:00 +0200
  Re: changing the desktop environment Eric S Fraga <e.fraga@ucl.ac.uk> - 2018-09-06 13:20 +0200
    Re: changing the desktop environment mick crane <mick.crane@gmail.com> - 2018-09-06 13:40 +0200
  Re: changing the desktop environment Patrick Bartek <nemommxiv@gmail.com> - 2018-09-06 18:30 +0200
    Re: changing the desktop environment Josh Horn <j.horn@protonmail.com> - 2018-09-06 18:40 +0200

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