Lets say you have installed gnome desktop but now you want to switch or try kde. In that case you can simple install a desktop on top of the existing desktop and use the desktop of your choice. By selection the desktop for a session,you can have either kde,gnome or xfce.

INSTALLING/REMOVING UBUNTU DESKTOP

Installing :

sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop

Removing :

sudo apt-get remove ubuntu-desktop

sudo apt-get autoremove

INSTALLING/REMOVING KUBUNTU DESKTOP

Installing:

sudo apt-get install kubuntu-desktop

Removing:

sudo apt-get remove kubuntu-desktop kubuntu-artwork-usplash

sudo apt-get autoremove

 

INSTALLING/REMOVING UBUNTU DESKTOP

Installing:

sudo apt-get install xubuntu-desktop

Removing:

sudo apt-get remove xubuntu-desktop xubuntu-artwork-usplash

sudo apt-get autoremove

 

TO SWITCH BETWEEN SEVERAL DESKTOPS FOLLOW THE FOLLOWING STEPS:

Logout

Click on select session:

Select gnome for ubuntu desktop

Select kde for kubuntu desktop

 

Select xfce for xubuntu desktop

The selected session can be made default or used for only one session.

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