Re: Installing another DE. ( solved kinda)

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On Tue, 2020-03-24 at 19:38 -0700, Samuel Sieb wrote:
> On 3/24/20 4:42 PM, Christopher Marlow wrote:
> > On Tue, 2020-03-24 at 17:14 -0500, Christopher Marlow wrote:
> > > One last thing... What is the command to remove Mate if I ever
> > > decide
> > > that its not for me?
> 
> That is a more difficult process.
> 
> > Would this be the command I use to remove Mate if I needed to?
> > 
> > $ sudo dnf groupremove -y "MATE"
> > $ sudo dnf remove -y mate-*
> > 
> >   I know you had me install it with sudo dnf install @mate-desktop-
> > environment --skip-broken-packages
> 
> If you do it soon, you could probably rollback the dnf transaction. 
> Otherwise, you could try "dnf remove @mate-desktop-
> environment".  Just 
> beware of it removing more than you want.  Those two commands you 
> suggested might cleanup a lot of the pieces, but again, check the
> remove 
> list carefully.
> _______________________________________________
> 

I decided to stick with XFCE and I removed mate... But I cant figure
out how to get back to using Light DM.. 

https://imgur.com/a/aTyZUfp

I ran these commands:

https://www.if-not-true-then-false.com/2018/fedora-switch-display-manager/

( top of page ) 

and rebooted but my PC is still using GDM even though I ran the disable
GDM command. 


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Thanks,
Chris
Chris@xxxxxxxxxx

Fedora 31 Workstation
With XFCE as my preferred desktop ( installed on top of gnome 3) 
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