[ubuntu-studio-devel] availability of alternate DEs

[Len Ovens]

On Sun, 7 Oct 2018, Ralf Mardorf wrote:

> On Sun, 07 Oct 2018 15:27:25 -0400, lukefromdc at hushmail.com 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.

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Len Ovens
www.ovenwerks.net