How Can I Substitute KDE for Gnome Version of Mint 8

[Newexperimentor]

I just saw that a KDE version of Mint 8 will be available soon. I love Mint, but intensely dislike Gnome. I even convinced my wife to finally try Mint. It was not as bad as she expected, but she loaths Gnome. She insists on a "Windows" like interface or she will stick with Vista on her computers. ( Long ago we looked at a Mac for her. She hated the interface and that ended any consideration of Apple.) Her machine is dual boot with Vista and Mint8, but she keeps it in Vista because of Gnome.

I previously used the KDE version of almost every prior version of Linux I explored. When the stable KDE version eventually is released, how can I "switch" to it without losing the customizations I made to Mint 8?

[richyrich]

I have the Mint 8 KDE CE installed, and it is running fantastically . . . hmm is that a word ?

Download the iso, burn it to dvd, and run it in Live mode to check it out . . . http://www.linuxmint.com/blog/?p=1238

What mine is looking like . .

http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.p ... 45#p230673

richy

[remoulder]

When the stable KDE version eventually is released, how can I "switch" to it without losing the customizations I made to Mint 8?

Short answer - you can't, a fresh install would be required though there's nothing to stop you installing alongside main edition in a separate partition and sharing a data partition between the two.

[Newexperimentor]

Thanks!

Richie, your desktop looks great!!

Remoulder, I was afraid that was what the answer would be.