I’ve got a new Lenovo that shipped with Ubuntu 20.04 on it and I’m wondering if there’s a way to add all the awesomeness of Ubuntu Budgie to it without reinstalling from scratch.

[image] My best chances to turn a « default Ubuntu » into a « Budgie Ubuntu »? Off the top of my head here is what I would do. From a command line install the package budgie-desktop-environment - this will install the budgie customisation from UB without the extra packa…

Thanks! I really appreciate it.

To be honest reinstalling from scratch is a cleaner solution. Just backup from /home/$USER ⋅ your whole visible personal data ⋅ some hidden config’ files and folders, only for your most used and favorite programs ( generally from ~/.my_app/, ~/.config/my_app/, ~/.local/share/my_app/ and ~/.cache…

Yeah, I can already see it’s going to be worth doing a fresh install. Things like scaling and some theming are off after adding the second DE.

Converting stock 20.04 to Budgie

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fossfreedom September 4, 2021, 4:56am 2

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Converting stock 20.04 to Budgie

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