[ubuntu-studio-devel] availability of alternate DEs
lukefromdc at hushmail.com
lukefromdc at hushmail.com
Wed Oct 10 21:17:38 UTC 2018
The "main DE's" now are at least GNOME, Cinnamon, MATE,KDE, XFCE,and LXDE
and probably more.
On 10/10/2018 at 2:11 AM, "Jonathan Aquilina" <jaquilina at eagleeyet.net> wrote:
>
>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 <len at ovenwerks.net> wrote:
>>
>>> 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.
>>
>> --
>> Len Ovens
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>>
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