Installing Budgie DE over Zorin

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Linux noobs here. Would it be possible for someone to walk through the steps of installing Budgie DE in Zorin? I am using Zorin Pro

[zenzen]

You can take a look at this thread for instructions:

[HOW TO] Install KDE (plasma), GNOME, XFCE, Cinnamon, MATE, Budgie, LXQt, LXDE and UKUI Dekstop Environments

Update: 04/02/2022 :-Added an instruction and cleaned GNOME installation guide. Update: 15/03/2022 :-Modified an instruction. Replaced most images with better ones. Added LXDE and LXQt images. Added credits to the images. Added UKUI installation guide. Linux users are often very experimental and want to try something new just because exploring Linux is fun. I have noticed that many users in this forum use a different DE (Desktop Environment) in their respective operating systems which may arou…

[mdt]

Thanks! Do I need to remove the original Zorin DE after I installed Budgie? The guide didn't quite say how to remove the original Zorin DE.

[zenzen]

No, you can have multiple desktop environments installed at once. In fact, I would not recommend uninstalling it at all, since that would cause to uninstall a lot of necessary dependencies to run.

At the login screen, you can then choose which desktop environment you log into, that's what the display manager is for.

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Thanks. A feedback - after I installed the budgie DE the Zorin environment goes a little funny with some duplicated icons. And the Raven panel lags a bit with the background color kind of "filled in" after it being called out. Not an entirely flawless experience. Then the deletion of the budgie DE leads to quite messy desktop necessitating a reinstall of Zorin by this linux noob.