How Do I Change the Desktop Environment in Debian 10?
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How to Switch Between Desktop Environments. Log out of your Linux desktop after installing another desktop environment. When you see the login screen, click the Session menu and select your preferred desktop environment. You can adjust this option each time you log in to choose your preferred desktop environment.

How do I change the desktop environment in Debian?

To select the desktop environment that the debian-installer installs, enter “Advanced options” on the boot screen and scroll down to “Alternative desktop environments”. Otherwise, debian-installer will choose GNOME. KDE is of course a renowned, heavy alternative.

What is the default desktop environment for Debian?

If no specific desktop environment is selected, but the “Debian desktop environment” is, the default which ends up installed is determined by tasksel : on i386 and amd64 , it’s GNOME, on other architectures, it’s XFCE.

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