Bicyclejohn@lemmy.ml to Linux@lemmy.ml · 1 year agoHow do I switch desktop on Debian?message-squaremessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down10file-text
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minus-squareDr_Willis@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoI have 5+ DEs on my pop_os install, you don’t lose files in your users home.
minus-squareRetiring@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoMay I ask why you have 5+ DEs installed? And also, isn’t that quite the mess with all the dotfiles?
minus-squareDr_Willis@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agofor testing, and no, no issues at all with the various dot files. Cluttered app menus, and an occasional “default open with app” setting changed is about the only issues.
minus-squareqjkxbmwvz@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoIs the dotfile overhead of a DE substantially more than any other program? Is there a particular conflict that you’re thinking of? For a multiuser system it can be great to have multiple DEs or WMs.
minus-squareRetiring@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoI am thinking about .Xresources, for example, and gtk things and other files in .config. I didn’t mean the DE specific dotfiles.
I have 5+ DEs on my pop_os install, you don’t lose files in your users home.
May I ask why you have 5+ DEs installed? And also, isn’t that quite the mess with all the dotfiles?
for testing, and no, no issues at all with the various dot files.
Cluttered app menus, and an occasional “default open with app” setting changed is about the only issues.
Is the dotfile overhead of a DE substantially more than any other program? Is there a particular conflict that you’re thinking of?
For a multiuser system it can be great to have multiple DEs or WMs.
I am thinking about .Xresources, for example, and gtk things and other files in .config. I didn’t mean the DE specific dotfiles.