Board:   [DoveNet] Unix/Linux
Subject: KDE Plasma desktop vs. Ci
From:    Nightfox
Date:    Sun Feb 01, 2026 08:21

Subject: KDE Plasma desktop vs. Cinnamon (KUbuntu vs. Linux Mint)
@VIA: DIGDIST
  Re: KDE Plasma desktop vs. Cinnamon (KUbuntu vs. Linux Mint)
  By: Mortar to Nightfox on Sun Feb 01 2026 01:22 am

 >> Are there distributions that would behave better if you decide to install a
 >> different desktop environment?

 Mo> Distros that are more terminal-centric are good candidates, like Arch,
 Mo> Gentoo, Slackware, et al.  While they come with a GUI, you're not
 Mo> obligated to run it by default.

I remember itused to be that in Linux, you could set the 'runlevel' to determine whether it automatically started in the desktop environmentor not (I think runlevel 3 was to start up at the console, and runlevel 5 was to start up in the desktop environment; specifically, to launch XFree86 on startup).  And I remember being able to exit out of XFree86, and also running 'startx' to run XFree86 again.  Is that not the case anymore?

Nightfox

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