There are plenty of amazing desktop environment available in the internet for the Linux. If you are tired of your default desktop environment in Linux that you are using then we have got the solution for you.
- KDE Plasma
- GNOME
- Cinnamon
- Enlightenment
- Xfce
- MATE
- Deepin
- Pantheon
- Budgie
- LXQt
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Now, let’s go through the installation process of all desktop environment that we have mentioned above.
1. KDE Plasma Desktop Environment
Go through the following commands to install KDE Plasma desktop environment in your Linux.
Update your system at first:
For Ubuntu and Debian based:
sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade
For Fedora and CentOS:
sudo dnf update
For Arch Linux:
sudo pacman -Syu
Install KDE Plasma
For Ubuntu and Debian based distros:
Run the following command to install KDE Plasma:
sudo apt install kde-plasma-desktop
For Fedora and CentOS:
sudo dnf install kde-plasma-desktop
For Arch Linux:
sudo pacman -S plasma
Choose display manager (if prompted) as you need to select sddm as the default display manager for KDE Plasma. You need to log out of current session and select Plasma session at the login screen.
2. Gnome Desktop Environment
Update your system at first:
For Ubuntu and Debian based:
sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade
For Fedora and CentOS:
sudo dnf update
For Arch Linux:
sudo pacman -Syu
Install GNOME:
For Ubuntu and Debian based distros:
sudo apt install ubuntu-gnome-desktop
For Fedora and CentOS:
sudo dnf install gnome-desktop3
For Arch Linux:
sudo pacman -S gnome
Choose display manager (if prompted) as you need to select sddm as the default display manager for GNOME Display Manager. You need to log out of current session and select GNOME at the login screen.
3. Cinnamon Desktop Environment
Update your system at first:
For Ubuntu and Debian based:
sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade
For Fedora and CentOS:
sudo dnf update
For Arch Linux:
sudo pacman -Syu
Install Cinnamon:
For Ubuntu and Debian based distros:
sudo apt install cinnamon-desktop-environment
For Fedora and CentOS:
sudo dnf install cinnamon
For Arch Linux:
sudo pacman -S cinnamon
Choose display manager (if prompted) as you need to select lightdm as the default display manager for Cinnamon. You need to log out of current session and select Cinnamon at the login screen.
