[ubuntu-studio-devel] availability of alternate DEs

[Jonathan Aquilina]

Hi,

If the below is accurate what issues could be encountered in terms of configuration?

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> On 10 Oct 2018, at 23:17, lukefromdc at hushmail.com wrote:
> 
> 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.
>>> 
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