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NixOS is the first Linux distro that I'd dare to swap out a new DE with. I've broken past installs (Arch, for sure) by trying to do this on other distros. Obv
by pmarreck 2y ago
NixOS is the first Linux distro that I'd dare to swap out a new DE with.
I've broken past installs (Arch, for sure) by trying to do this on other distros.
Obviously, make a full backup (unless you're on NixOS, in which case, everything just gets rebuilt deterministically from a definition file in either direction, and all previous instances are saved, permitting trivial rollbacks)
- 999900000999 2y agoFortunes favors the bold! This isn't a work PC, I tried Cosmic and just got a black screen and switched back to KDE
- sureglymop 2y agoOn Arch this stuff is easy. I use GDM as the login manager and launch pretty much whatever DE I like from there at login time. I use nix too, though rootlessly with nix-portable.