One problem with just installing the packages for different desktop environments is that various config files in /etc may be optimal for Ubuntu Gnome but a poor

One problem with just installing the packages for different desktop environments is that various config files in /etc may be optimal for Ubuntu Gnome but a poor experience for Kubuntu or Lubuntu. Installing a different DE doesn’t necessarily change all the other pieces that work best when configured a certain way. For example, I tried i3 briefly on my Kubuntu install once. It changed some configuration and made all my desktop notifications styled completely differently, even when I was using KDE plasma and not i3. Uninstalling i3 didn’t remove the change to my system notifications. I’m sure there’s something I could have done (apt purge? Maybe there was another package i3 installed that I needed to remove?) but I ended up just reinstalling Kubuntu.