That’s not how these OSs work. You’re thinking in terms of traditional distros.
Think of it like this. With an image-based OS like Bazzite, whenever you do an update or you switch between different flavors, it’s like completely wiping the system directories and reinstalling them fresh, while leaving the user directories alone.
So you’re not removing GNOME or KDE. It’s like they were never installed in the first place.
It’s an image, there’s no such thing as “left all over the place”. Source: I’m one of the maintainers.
Of GNOME or KDE? Because both of them leave gunk in system files when removed
That’s not how these OSs work. You’re thinking in terms of traditional distros.
Think of it like this. With an image-based OS like Bazzite, whenever you do an update or you switch between different flavors, it’s like completely wiping the system directories and reinstalling them fresh, while leaving the user directories alone.
So you’re not removing GNOME or KDE. It’s like they were never installed in the first place.