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figueroa wrote: Mon Aug 02, 2021 10:19 pm It's also one of the best LXDE distributions. Who could have known? It's a small install from the MXPI, and very usable...

I was wondering what you were talking about. I typed LXDE in MX Package Installer. I see it. I loved LXDE Lubuntu for years (until the final version fell out of support, actually.).

Hopefully not going off topic much again: I've never had multiple desktop environments. What kind of risk will I have if I install that? Can I safely switch back to MX's desktop? Is this stranger danger? If so, I'm not doing it. What's the risk? (How would I switch back and forth? I've never done it. Or, had a bad experience doing similar. I can start a new thread if you think it deserves that.).

@az2020 No risk at all that I'm aware of. I've usually had at least two DEs installed for most of my long history with Linux. XFCE and LXDE in particular coexist well. You can pick which DE you want to log into from a menu at the top of the lightdm login screen. Once logged in you switch back and forth by logging out and logging back in selecting the other DE. LXDE is also a very small footprint on disk. Here a link to a screenshot of LXDE on MX21 beta 1, running remotely in x2go, only slightly tweaked for wallpaper and panel appearance. http://2chronicles36.org/Screenshot_MX21b1.png

On my manjaro install, lxde has co-existed with Xfce since around 2016 as a backup DE in case I can't log into Xfce for some reason (not that it has ever happened).

I'm not sure but I believe lxde is gtk2 (it's no longer developed but just continues to work), so changes to gtk3 and xfce's own changes from 4.10 all the way to 416 don't affect it.

I log into lxde once in a while just to check that it's working.

asqwerth wrote: Mon Aug 02, 2021 11:12 pm I log into lxde once in a while just to check that it's working.

I cannot handle this emotional roller coaster. I was literally anticipating meeting my old friend again.

I really liked LXDE. I don't know why it took the turn it did (labor, but I don't really care about the undercarriage. The look/feel). I really liked it. I think the closest is either Linux Lite (windows'y feel) or Peppermint which had more of the LXDE feel to me (but was *very* different in other ways. MX is very close too, to my taste.). I was hoping LXDE had a revival the past 2 years.

The Docklike Taskbar is a welcome addition.
I also agree with the choice of gThumb as the default image viewer.
Also fonts look darker, more readable.