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Note I would be limiting this to Zorin 18.x as Zorin 17.x only allows a poor version of KDE Plasma to be installed.
Is it possible to remove Gnome in the same way when installing other desktop environments that are based on Gnome (Mate, Cinnamon, XFCE...) or should Gnome then be kept?
I quoted (almost) as I found that if you remove everything you have a broken system aand putting certain elements back makes it also then adds a vanilla Gnome DE as an option on the cog. You have to be careful what you remove (and what you don't).
Health warning: Installing Discover did not work the last time I tried this because, Zorin being a fork of Ubuntu, you will end up with a Frankenstein Kubuntu ... because for Discover to work, snap and flatpak have to be present in the OS.
I will leave Discover out and just include Synaptic Package Manager for System updates and Apoer for software installation and software updates.
So, You mean, that You would have Gnome and then install Cinnamon for example and then uninstall Gnome?
That could work. It can be a bit tricky because of Dependencies. Of Course, You should install the new Desktop Environment and then boot into it and then uninstall Gnome.
In Case of Zorin, You wouldn't uninstall the Gnome Desktop. You would uninstall the Zorin Desktop.
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There are other bits such as gnome-software would go. I had major issues with Cinnamon on a VM of Zorin after removing it.
I have tried that in the Past on Linux Mint. I installed Gnome and uninstalled Cinnamon. And backwards. As a little Experiment.
But this shouldn't be a Problem because Cinnamon offers an own Software Store.
And I am not doung Cinnamon ... Itcs Plasma.
What's the advantage to installing Plasma and mostly removing Gnome on Zorin vs. just running Kubuntu?
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You can customise it how you want. Anyhoo, just started doing it and what did I forget to do? I forgot to kill the lock screen and gdm3 gets screwed! LOL!
Will need to create a new VM all over again! Hey ho!
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On Mint it does as part of mint-sources; but installing the Cinnamon D.E. on Zorin OS will not bring over mint-sources. So it will not bring its own software store.
I would say to just make the video if you will enjoy doing it. It is less important how many votes you get - and more important if it helps even a few users.
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I think it would be helpful to others but for me I dual boot running Mint / Cinnamon as my daily driver with Zorin / Cinnamon on second disk drive ....
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What a strange idea! Why buy a BMW and convert it into, say, an Audi? Why not just buy an Audi in the first place?
The electrics are poor! 
Some people just like to customize things their own way .... if you took a BMW base car and customized it to look like an Audi on the outside it would be your own creation ..... example ..... I run Zorin as my BMW base OS but Cinnamon DE as my Audi so I have indeed changed the complete look and to some extent the controls of Zorin OS .... IMHO ..... LOL
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Before lockdown, we had a discussion at work how car bodies are now manufactured for different brands but basically the same.
VW Up! = Skoda Citigo = Seat Mii
Smart 4 = Renault Twingo
Mercedes Citan = Renault Kangoo = Citroen Berlingo
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Well I have captured the video of my process (includes the good, the bad and ... whatever!)
Would folks prefer a silent movie or a musical soundtrack? 'Cause sure as H
I am not going to provide a running commentary. I will of course add some notes in the video description.
The main packages I kept were those that related to gdm3 and Evolution.
During the installation process when you click on the tiny down arrow to view the installation process you will be prompted to ask what desktop manager you desire. You manually have to type in that window gdm3.
There is no way I would ever use the extremely annoying SDDM; it is only really useful if you have a touch screen. It also causes confusion at login because the language indicator always shows the US Flag until you put your user name in the user field whereupon it changes flag to your locale. I raised the issue of SDDM on the KDE forum who politely informed me that SDDM has nothing to do with the KDE Devs, it is a separate project in its own right.
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There's a button for those who want the video to be silent... 
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OK, The video is uploading as I write this post. I will update with the link once it is ready. Apologies for any music not liked - swings and roundabouts and all that jazz (no jazz!). I had better warn you, it is a long watch (over 2 hours!)
Here it finally is!
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I think one error I made before migrating which I did in my first attempt was to change software sources to Main Server.
What is of interest is that on the two occasions I have installed Zorin 18 as a virtual drive is that you cannot install Synaptic Package Manager until after a first system update and reboot and Discover does not work until a reboot. I suspect though if I had changed to Main Server I might get a load of Snap and Flatpack coming through.
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