[ubuntu-studio-devel] availability of alternate DEs

[jaquilina at eagleeyet.net]

In all fairness i think there is nothing to lose with such an offering. 
As multiple DE's offer end users more options to work with environments 
they enjoy working in.

On 2018-10-11 04:58, lukefromdc at hushmail.com wrote:
> 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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