Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: "Carlos E. R." Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: Kewl. Common Desktop Environment 2.5.3 Released Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2026 22:27:29 +0100 Lines: 42 Message-ID: References: <10hbejb$n003$1@news1.tnib.de> <10mf9ra$3ku5p$4@dont-email.me> <10mfc8m$3lv19$1@dont-email.me> <10mfesv$iutd$1@news1.tnib.de> <10mhlji$fipt$1@dont-email.me> <10mk0ed$1432s$1@news1.tnib.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: individual.net LHFtIWc9o8LRD5i4f3AxHQDi3B1+v4M+SmKJTb/p5eE/HDAP22 Cancel-Lock: sha1:Q70jVbd4MSpkE6cGw5+OmHhFJ1w= sha256:wvl1W5+HdKmyerkrXhtcS2yY+i6ZST6r4a+AjRWdiuU= User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Content-Language: en-CA, es-ANY In-Reply-To: Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:81997 On 2026-02-12 22:07, rbowman wrote: > On Thu, 12 Feb 2026 11:45:45 +0100, Carlos E. R. wrote: > >> On 2026-02-12 08:45, Marc Haber wrote: >>> The Natural Philosopher wrote: >>>> On 10/02/2026 21:28, Carlos E. R. wrote: >>>>> On 2026-02-10 15:21, Marc Haber wrote: >>>>>> "Carlos E. R." wrote: >>>>>>> However, you can simply switch the greeter and that will stop >>>>>>> loading libraries from the other desktop, before starting the >>>>>>> desktop. >>>>>> >>>>>> Dotfiles left around by the other desktop will still be there. And >>>>>> probably be used. >>>>> >>>>> Not if the programs that used them are gone, or you don't run them. >>>>> >>>> An interesting case of similar is when I cloned the home directory of >>>> an x86 machine onto a PI. >>>> >>>> Desktop icons referring to nonexistent programs remained in place >>> >>> It is enough to work with xfce, lxde, lxqt and kde interleaved. kde >>> might get quite confused by the settings you did in lxde. >>> >>> Chaning the desktop in the same account is a common use case when you >>> use a development version of your distribtion where your daily desktop >>> may be broken von time to time, or when you access your desktop >>> remotely over thin links, falling back to a desktop that isn't as >>> graphcally challenging. >> >> Or when they tell me about this or that wonderful feature the other >> desktop has, and I temporarily switch to find out about it. :-) > > That's when you either use the live feature or fire up a VM. > Nope. I just login another user in that other desktop. Simultaneously. And accessing the same files and resources :-) -- Cheers, Carlos E.R.