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Thanks, but how does one utilize or even explore other DEs within a distro without messing things up? is it just not possible or am I going about it wrong?
I've seen advice before that creating a new user account and using that to log into multiple DEs is an option.
Tried that but didn't work. Maybethere's specific tweaks I have to make first?
That's a bit vague. What did you try, and what didn't work?