From: bowman@montana.com   
      
   On Fri, 26 Dec 2025 09:06:54 -0800, John Ames wrote:   
      
   > AFAIK aren't all these DE-flavored "spin" sub-distros connecting to the   
   > same repository? Is it not possible to just swap out the default DE for   
   > your environment of choice? I never did see the point of doing it that   
   > way, but even if you're stuck with this or that "flavor" for $REASONS it   
   > should be easy enough to switch off of the part you hate, unless I'm   
   > greatly mistaken.   
      
   Theoretically. At one point I installed a GNOME distro, didn't like it,   
   and added KDE. It worked, mostly, but had some occasional problems when   
   updating. More recently I installed Linux Mint MATE on one laptop and   
   added Xfce. It seemed to work although I didn't use either DE heavily. I   
   reinstalled LM Cinnamon when I switched to a SSD.   
      
   I have added sway to two KDE boxes and i3 to the LM box. That seems to   
   work although at one point the system got confused when I called MATE GUIs   
   from i3. Like my earlier GNOME/KDE experience I think you have to limit   
   mixing and matching for the best experience. I never tried it but from   
   some forum posts adding a DE and trying to uninstall the original DE   
   doesn't work well.   
      
   With EndeavourOS if you choose the offline installation you get KDE but if   
   you select online you select the DE during the installation. I think that   
   makes more sense than having separate isos for each flavor like Mint,   
   spins like Fedora, or K, X, L, etc Ubuntus that give the impression   
   they're different projects.   
      
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