Desktop Environments

[MyTinFoilHat]

I've been trying a few different desktop environments - GNOME, KDE, & Unity. I'm uncertain if I'm doing this right, although I believe I'm on the right track.

At login (greeter?), I have the option of selecting GNOME (and all its incarnations), KDE, or Unity. If I have made up my mind about which desktop I prefer, what is the safest way of removing the other options?

Thanks in advance.

[ibjsb4]

http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/pureubuntu

http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/purekubuntu

Myself, I would just reinstall.

[MyTinFoilHat]

http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/pureubuntu

http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/purekubuntu

Myself, I would just reinstall.

Reinstall? Wow... Had I known, I wouldn't have bothered with the others. Heh. What about reinstall from LiveCD?

[HermanAB]

The safest way? Don't try to remove them. if you try, your system will likely end up broken.

Linux is about choice. Just select the system you want to run on any given day when you log in, as you've been doing.

I have Gnome, KDE, Cinamon, XFCE, LXDE and Blackbox on this machine...

[oldos2er]

Reinstall? Wow... Had I known, I wouldn't have bothered with the others. Heh. What about reinstall from LiveCD?

There's really no need to reinstall the entire OS. The psychocats.net links will tell you how to remove unwanted *buntu-desktop packages.

[MyTinFoilHat]

The safest way? Don't try to remove them. if you try, your system will likely end up broken.

Linux is about choice. Just select the system you want to run on any given day when you log in, as you've been doing.

I have Gnome, KDE, Cinamon, XFCE, LXDE and Blackbox on this machine...

Interesting point... I may just do that. I can certainly appreciate having a variety. Each one I've tried thus far seems to have one benefit or other over the others.

[MyTinFoilHat]

There's really no need to reinstall the entire OS. The psychocats.net links will tell you how to remove unwanted *buntu-desktop packages.

It looked a little... daunting. I'm still getting used to CLI and I guess I just wanted to be sure that I wasn't inadvertantly breaking something... or causing something to not function to its capacity.

[ibjsb4]

It looked a little... daunting. I'm still getting used to CLI and I guess I just wanted to be sure that I wasn't inadvertantly breaking something... or causing something to not function to its capacity.

Reinstalling is just my personal preference.

And its not that daunting of a task. Double click on the appropriate line of code so it gets highlighted and right click/copy. Then right click/paste to terminal and press enter. It will then ask for password. There will be no visual verification when you enter your password. And once again hit Enter.

It will take a while.

[MyTinFoilHat]

Reinstalling is just my personal preference.

And its not that daunting of a task. Double click on the appropriate line of code so it gets highlighted and right click/copy. Then right click/paste to terminal and press enter. It will then ask for password. There will be no visual verification when you enter your password. And once again hit Enter.

It will take a while.

No worries. I absolutely 'get it'. In perusing the forums, it's very easy to see that there are a myriad of approaches to a problem and some simply have their own way, especially if they have considerable experience. I just need to develop mine as I become used to a new OS.

I may revisit the issue in the near future and tackle it then. This would certainly afford me a little time to better appreciate each environment.
I appreciate everyone's responsiveness. I shall now attempt to flag this [SOLVED] (if I can) because, frankly, it seems to be less the issue I originally believed.

[audiomick]

I shall now attempt to flag this [SOLVED] (if I can) because, frankly, it seems to be less the issue I originally believed.
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[ibjsb4]

One last tip.

An easy way to search the forum.

http://www.googlubuntu.com/