[Bug 1421219] [NEW] KDE desktop switching is dangerous and needs to be disabled

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I just lost several hours work after inadvertently pressing the KDE "Desktop Switch" keystroke.
When I switched back to the desktop I was using, KDE informed me that 
 "Desktop #1 session was restored successfully."
But all the applications I was running on that desktop lost their contexts.
It appears when you do a desktop switch in Plasma , it kills ALL processes
in the task bar, and then when you switch back to that desktop, it attempts
to restore their execution contexts (and fails).
Ubuntu should not be foisting such dangerous, untested and poorly coded 
software on users. 
KDE's desktop switching really needs to be completely disabled, and if enabled,
on receipt of a desktop switch keystroke, a message dialog like :
  "Warning - about to kill all running applications on Desktop #1 - do you want to proceed? "
should be issued before allowing the desktop switch to occur only if the user presses the 'Yes' button.

** Affects: kubuntu-meta (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: bot-comment kubuntu trusty
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KDE desktop switching is dangerous and needs to be disabled
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1421219
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