Adding another DE

[Tupeelo]

I have buster 10.5 lxqt installed on 2 old laptops, is it safe to install Mate or Xfce on top of lxqt. Similar attempts on another distro failed.

The laptops don't belong to me.

[Head_on_a_Stick]

is it safe

https://hooktube.com/watch?v=kzw1_2b-I7A

But seriously, yes it should be fine. The only real problem you'll face will be menu bloat.

Use this to select another desktop:

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# tasksel

But that will install all of the related desktop applications as well so you might prefer the core desktop metapackages, I think the Debian wiki pages for each desktop list them.

[Tupeelo]

Thanks.

[stevepusser]

Usually other distros allow other desktops to also install, much like Debian, so now I'm curious what this other distro is and how you tried to install the other DEs.