I use Gnome most of the time because it’s practical, but would like to try something different for a change now and then . I tried to install the KDE desktop with sudo install @kde-desktop-enviroment and the same command without the sudo, but neither worked. I just want to switch desktop from time…

Hi, https://www.server-world.info/en/note?os=Fedora_31&p=desktop&f=2 Thanks Tom.

Thanks, I found that other method on Fedora docs, must be outdated.

See this thread :) [image] Problems installing the Mate desktop Or you could just install the Mate spin of Fedora from here – Yes, i’m remember: KDE.

I really like the standard Gnome desktop, not because of how it looks but how it works. You just find things easily because of the large icons. I just want to try out LXDE or LXQT, in case I buy a cheap, low spec laptop and want to install Fedora on it. That’s why I want to try installing just the…

Hi, [image] lekkerfedora: I just want to try out LXDE or LXQT, in case I buy a cheap, low spec laptop and want to install Fedora on it. I can confirm this works: sudo dnf install @lxqt Thanks Tom.

Then this can be solved step-by-step. There just should be a way to install not “KDE”, but “plasma”, or “kde-basic” or something alike. Just to not change a “edition”, but add a menu-entry for GDM.

Can you just install the plasma desktop package?

Thanks, I will try that one, the other one with desktop environment seemed to long to me anyway. I tried it and it works! I was just shocked at the minimalist after using Gnome for so long. Now I know I can switch to LXQT if my graphics card breaks and I have to rely on my APU only. I’ll study it …

I am not sure. I have only used Fedora for about a week and can’t remember what I did in Zorin. Maybe sudo apt install kde or whatever the case might be. When I forgot commands I usually resorted to Synaptic package manager and searched for what I wanted.

You can, but I am not sure how. Don’t know where to look in Fedora documentation. Something like “sudo dnf @” and then the right name after the @ symbol. kde-desktop-enviroment didn’t work.

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vits95 (Vitaliy Shatrov) March 15, 2020, 4:14pm 4

See this thread :)

– Yes, i’m remember: KDE.

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