04-12-2010, 05:42 PM
Quote:You shouldn't be limited by what the distribution includes by default. If you have an installation of Ubuntu 9.10 running Gnome, you don't want to format it, lose your settings and install another flavor, do you? No, of course not. If you no longer want Gnome, go ahead and install XFCE and switch to it in GDM or your login manager of choice...or just completely remove Gnome and use XFCE or something else.
Won't switching desktop environments cause you to lose data in the home folder, such as pictures, music, and so on? I apologize. I'm rather ignorant when it comes to Linux.