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Trying KDE Plasma

Post by jlapinsnki4 »

Good afternoon,

I am interested in experimenting with the KDE desktop environment. I am currently running Mint 18.3 Cinnamon. If I run the following command will that allow me to switch between the 2 environments while preserving settings, data, etc?

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sudo apt-get install kubuntu-desktop
Thanks as always!
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Re: Trying KDE Plasma

Post by o-l-d »

The people here more familiar with Cinnamon say that is a definite No-No! The 2 different desktops do not play well when installed together. But if you decide to proceed then back up everything of importance and be prepared for it to not work.
jlapinsnki4

Re: Trying KDE Plasma

Post by jlapinsnki4 »

Thanks for the info
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Re: Trying KDE Plasma

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Hi jlapinsnki4,

I just read your post and the good replies to it. Here are my thoughts on this as well.

- You could install Linux Mint KDE along side of Cinnamon and "dual-boot".
- If you have enough system memory, you could install Virtualbox and Linux Mint KDE within that and run it while still within Cinnamon or any other operating system.
- You could fully install Linux Mint KDE onto a USB stick of 16gb or larger, or create a USB stick of the live test drive version with "persistence".


Hope this helps ...
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Re: Trying KDE Plasma

Post by Hoser Rob »

As mewntioned,k installing multiple DEs is not a good idea. It's a good best way to break your install.

The simplest way may be to just dl the live CD iso and boot it from USB.
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