Why cant you run Gnome, KDE, LXDE etc from the same distro?
Posted: Mon Jun 18, 2012 10:42 am
I have been away from Mint for a while and see Mint 13 is out. I was thinking about trying it again But...
I like KDE over Gnome anyday but i also use LXDE and Xfce as the mood strikes me - from the same distro.
I'm using PC-BSD Isotope 9.0. It has a feature that I have come to love and believe I cannot live without. The ability to hot switch between desktop environments simply by logging off and starting another session. At the logon screen, it asks you which DE you want to use. You can choose between all DE's installed on your system.
Out of all distros out there, I like PC-BSD the most even though its not really Linux but "the other fork of Unix" based on the BSD system. You can install and run any app made for Linux in PC-BSD. The problem with it is development is slow and my reason for retrying mint is because it has a faster more complete development track record. Mint would then be my second choice for an open source operating system. Also, no matter which DE your currently using, all the components for all DE's are still available to you to use.
A lot may have changed since I last tried Mint.. is there are way to switch quickly between DE's with Mint like I can with PC-BSD?
If not, I wonder if this would be a feature Mint users would like.. perhaps this should be considered by the Mint dev team??
I like KDE over Gnome anyday but i also use LXDE and Xfce as the mood strikes me - from the same distro.
I'm using PC-BSD Isotope 9.0. It has a feature that I have come to love and believe I cannot live without. The ability to hot switch between desktop environments simply by logging off and starting another session. At the logon screen, it asks you which DE you want to use. You can choose between all DE's installed on your system.
Out of all distros out there, I like PC-BSD the most even though its not really Linux but "the other fork of Unix" based on the BSD system. You can install and run any app made for Linux in PC-BSD. The problem with it is development is slow and my reason for retrying mint is because it has a faster more complete development track record. Mint would then be my second choice for an open source operating system. Also, no matter which DE your currently using, all the components for all DE's are still available to you to use.
A lot may have changed since I last tried Mint.. is there are way to switch quickly between DE's with Mint like I can with PC-BSD?
If not, I wonder if this would be a feature Mint users would like.. perhaps this should be considered by the Mint dev team??