[DC LoCo] DE vs. WM, & Prophecy

[Marti Martinson]

On Fri, 2011-06-24 at 20:26 -0400, Luke Faraone wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 20:19, Marti Martinson
> <arthur.martinson at verizon.net> wrote:
>         http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/kde
>         
>         "Warning: having KDE and Gnome together means you'll have
>         cluttered
>         application menus full of KDE applications and Gnome
>         applications. There
>         may be other minor integration issues, but none should impact
>         functionality."
> 
> You can remove applications from the menu you don't use. 
> 
>  
> 
>         1. But any idea what happens when Gnome is GONE at the 12.04
>         LTS and I
>         still use Evolution? (I am fairly certain that my Firefox,
>         ClamTK,
>         GRAMPS, Firestarter firewall, and Xiphos apps should be OK.
>         They're all
>         I have added.)
> 
> It is still an application. You'll be able to use it like any other. 
>  
> 
>         2. Or when 12.04 removes the Gnome stuff (if I am
>         understanding the
>         news) will the WM installed now still even run?
> 
> 12.04 will not support "classic desktop" from my understanding, but
> GNOME apps will still of course exist. The WM is unrelated to that. 
> 
> -- 
> 
> 
> Luke Faraone;; Debian & Ubuntu Developer; Sugar Labs, Systems
> lfaraone on irc.[freenode,oftc].net -- http://luke.faraone.cc
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Man, straightforward and succinct. Even I can get on board. Thank you
VERY much, Mr. Farone!

Marti