Make Cinnamon the chosen desktop.

content/posts/blog/20260715-farewell-debian.md

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 # apt update && apt upgrade
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-## Changing Desktop Environments - `LXQt`
+## Swapping Desktop Environments
 
-The first thing needed is to drop `GNOME`, so its replacement will need installed. I chose to go with `LXQt` since it's a full-fledged DE with very minimal system requirements. Sounds great for battery life!
+[[TBD The first thing needed is to drop `GNOME`, so its replacement will need installed.
+
+### Cinnamon
+
+After testing a few DE's, I ended up choosing Cinnamon to be my "polished" choice while I work on getting DWM to support things like volume and brightness control keys. It handles the trackpad gestures I'm used to and "just works" without being too bloated.
+
+I also chose to go with `lightdm` over `sddm` for simplicity plus I'm familiar with it. `sddm` seemed a little too fancy and did not have an aestetic I liked in the default configuration. I just want to log on to my system and be productive, not spend too much extra time beautifying it.
+
+```console
+# apt install task-cinnamon-display lightdm
+```
+
+### LXQt
+
+Initially I thought to go with `LXQt` since it's a full-fledged DE with very minimal system requirements. Sounds great for battery life! Unfortunately it did not support basic trackpad gestures like two fingers to double click, special keys for brightness / volume, and felt a bit lacking in keyboard shortcuts like Super to open the Start Menu.
+
+I'd rather get my DWM working than have another DE which I need to learn and configure. I was more looking for something simple that didn't need any additional setup out of the box. It didn't seem bad, otherwise. Just more work than I was looking for.
 
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-### Full Experience
+#### Full Experience
 
 I went with the full desktop task since this was my first introduction to the DE and I wanted the full experience. Even with all its bloat, it still comes **nowhere near** the size of `GNOME`.
 
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 # apt install task-lxqt-desktop
 ```
 
-### Lean Experience
+#### Lean Experience
 
 For a leaner approach which may not provide as full of an experience, the metapackage `lxqt` can be installed on its own.