Hi Len, Aren’t there just 3 Main DE’s. Correct me if I am wrong but aren’t you talking about corner cases here? Or are you also taking into consideration window managers?
Sent from my iPhone > On 08 Oct 2018, at 00:05, Len Ovens <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Sun, 7 Oct 2018, Ralf Mardorf wrote: >> >>> On Sun, 07 Oct 2018 15:27:25 -0400, [email protected] wrote: >>> Most DE's are designed not to conflict with any other DE >> >> Yesno :D, for some more or less exceptional cases, regarding so called >> major DEs, you and I know better :p. A "conflict" might not be the right >> term for some issues, users could experience. >> >> I would reduce it to switching between window mangers, never does cause >> an issue, but switching between desktop environments not necessarily >> does, but always could come with a pitfall. > > The main thing is user config files which may be the same filename from DE to > DE or worse, one DE might expand a user config file in a way another might > not understand. Also, if there is a studio specific login and a DE login for > the same DE, whichever login you use first will set user configs in the way > that login sets up. Most DEs have a DE specific sub directory of .config, but > in the case where the DE is just a modified version of another DE... who > knows. > > In general most people pick the DE they want and always use it. > > -- > Len Ovens > www.ovenwerks.net > > > -- > ubuntu-studio-devel mailing list > [email protected] > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-devel -- ubuntu-studio-devel mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-devel
