[ubuntu-studio-devel] availability of alternate DEs

[lukefromdc at hushmail.com]

All I've ever noticed is the issue with multiple filemanagers starting at once, but
I've only ever extensively used one at a time (normally MATE) so might not spot
other issues

On 10/11/2018 at 12:31 AM, "Jonathan Aquilina" <jaquilina at eagleeyet.net> wrote:
>
>Hi,
>
>If the below is accurate what issues could be encountered in terms 
>of configuration?
>
>Sent from my iPhone
>
>> 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.
>>>> 
>>>> --
>>>> Len Ovens
>>>> www.ovenwerks.net
>>>> 
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