I need to switch from KDE to xfce without losing my files, any advice?

  • Dr_Willis
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    1 year ago

    I have 5+ DEs on my pop_os install, you don’t lose files in your users home.

    • Retiring@lemmy.ml
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      1 year ago

      May I ask why you have 5+ DEs installed? And also, isn’t that quite the mess with all the dotfiles?

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        1 year ago

        for testing, and no, no issues at all with the various dot files.

        Cluttered app menus, and an occasional “default open with app” setting changed is about the only issues.

      • qjkxbmwvz@lemmy.sdf.org
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        1 year ago

        Is the dotfile overhead of a DE substantially more than any other program? Is there a particular conflict that you’re thinking of?

        For a multiuser system it can be great to have multiple DEs or WMs.

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          I am thinking about .Xresources, for example, and gtk things and other files in .config. I didn’t mean the DE specific dotfiles.