Now this I disagree with

[c. marlow]

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> On 18 June 2014 23:35, Andre Rodovalho 
> <andre.rodovalho at gmail.com<mailto:andre.rodovalho at gmail.com>> wrote: 
> I use K3B, KolourPaint, SMplayer, Kdenlive... All these load Qt/KDE 
> libraries. I have no problems at all... I have already used Thunar on 
> older Lubuntu versions. Not a issue for me. 
> 
> I guess even skype is Qt dependent... 
> 
> 
> 
> 2014-06-18 19:27 GMT-03:00 Phill Whiteside 
> <phillw at vpolink.com<mailto:phillw at vpolink.com>>: 
> 
> I shudder.... :D 
> 
> The best way I know to switch from one to another is via psychocats 
> 
> http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/ 
> 
> (Lubuntu does mention that link in the wiki area). 
> 
> Regards, 
> 
> Phill. 
> 
> 
> 
> On 18 June 2014 21:45, c. marlow 
> <chris at marlows.org<mailto:chris at marlows.org>> wrote: 
> I wanted to share this with both lists im on! 
> 
> Christopher 
> 
> 
> 
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>> From: chris at marlows.org<mailto:chris at marlows.org> 
>> To: xubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com<mailto:xubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com> 
>> Subject: Now this I disagree with 
>> Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2014 15:39:35 -0500 
>> 
>> Hello Folks, 
>> 
>> So I was recently reading: 
> https://sites.google.com/site/easylinuxtipsproject/fatalmistakes 
>> 
>> And it states: 
>> 
>> Don't mix desktop environments: choose Ubuntu (Gnome/Unity), Xubuntu 
> (Xfce) or Kubuntu (KDE) 
>> 6. An Ubuntu in which both the full Unity/Gnome and the full KDE desktop 
>> environments has been installed, turns your system into a hopelessly 
>> polluted mess. This pollution will decrease performance and may cause 
>> instability and malfunctions. 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> If you want to ensure that your operating system continues to work well, 
>> then you'll install either Ubuntu (Gnome/Unity) or Kubuntu (KDE). And 
>> then you won't install any KDE applications in Ubuntu, that upon 
>> installation pull in half of the KDE desktop as dependent files (like 
>> for example DVD burner K3B does)... 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Tip: when you install applications by means of Synaptic Package 
> Manager, then you can check beforehand what a particular application 
> needs as dependent files. 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Desktop environments that share a lot "under the hood", you may install 
>> alongside each other, if you wish. Xfce (the desktop environment of 
>> Xubuntu) fits pretty nicely alongside the Gnome/Unity of Ubuntu. But 
>> even then some pollution is inevitable... 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Have you made this mistake and do you wish to undo it? Then the best 
> approach is unfortunately a clean re-installation. 
>> 
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>> 
>> Ok, well I was using LUBUNTU 14.04 and just decided to give up on it 
> for now till they get some bugs that bother me that I have been talking 
> with the mail group about via email, since I am on limited bandwith, I 
> just REINSTALLED a FRESH copy of LUBUNTU 14.04 and then went to 
> terminal and installed XUBUNTU on top of that. 
>> 
>> HOLY COW XU IS BEAUTIFUL!!! 
>> 
>> I then went to synaptic and removed all items starting with LU or 
> LXDE and everythings fine its been up and running for over an hour and 
> 34 min. 
>> 
>> So whats wrong with what I did? I safely removed all lxde apps? 
>> 
>> Christopher 
>> 
> 
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> Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2014 23:47:34 +0100 
> Subject: Re: FW: Now this I disagree with 
> From: phillw at vpolink.com 
> To: andre.rodovalho at gmail.com 
> CC: chris at marlows.org; lubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com 
> 
> I hope that at his next update the whole pack of cards does not come 
> tumbling down... removing things ad-hoc can remove libraries needed by 
> both 
> 
> Time will tell :) I do wish him well, but lubuntu and xubuntu do share 
> libraries and removing some apps from one may remove libraries from the 
> other, which will not be apparent until an update when the system just 
> bitches 'library file xyz' missing, aborting. 
> 
> Regards, 
> 
> Phill. 
> 


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So phil should I re install LU back on top of xubuntu to be safe?

Open a term:

sudo apt-get install lubuntu desktop? or is it too late :( 

--- Christopher