How Do I Change the Desktop Environment in Linux?
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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.

Where is the desktop environment in Linux?

Once installed, simply type screenfetch in the terminal and it should show the desktop environment version along with other system information. As you can see in the above image, my system is using GNOME 3.36. 1 (basically GNOME 3.36). You can also check the Linux kernel version and other details here.

How do I change my desktop environment in Arch Linux?

Open the lightdm config file in /etc/lightdm/lightdm.
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How to install Desktop Environment On Arch Linux

  1. System Update. First step, open terminal, then upgrade your linux arch package: …
  2. Install Xorg. …
  3. Install GNOME. …
  4. Install Lightdm. …
  5. Run Lightdm at startup. …
  6. Install Lightdm Gtk Greeter. …
  7. Set Greeter Session.
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