Bicyclejohn@lemmy.ml to Linux@lemmy.ml · 1 年前How do I switch desktop on Debian?message-squaremessage-square14fedilinkarrow-up137arrow-down13file-text
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minus-squareRetiring@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 年前May I ask why you have 5+ DEs installed? And also, isn’t that quite the mess with all the dotfiles?
minus-squareTimeSquirrel@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up11·edit-21 年前We don’t talk about their 5+ desktop environments just like we don’t talk about my fourteen Windows VMs…
minus-squareloutrlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 年前Hold on, I get the 5 DEs if you like to tinker but ME? Really?
minus-squarezwekihoyy@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·1 年前I think using virtualbox is the bigger offense here.
minus-squareDr_WillislinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 年前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.
minus-squareqjkxbmwvz@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 年前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.
minus-squareRetiring@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 年前I am thinking about .Xresources, for example, and gtk things and other files in .config. I didn’t mean the DE specific dotfiles.
May I ask why you have 5+ DEs installed? And also, isn’t that quite the mess with all the dotfiles?
We don’t talk about their 5+ desktop environments just like we don’t talk about my fourteen Windows VMs…
😂
Hold on, I get the 5 DEs if you like to tinker but ME? Really?
I think using virtualbox is the bigger offense here.
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.
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.
I am thinking about .Xresources, for example, and gtk things and other files in .config. I didn’t mean the DE specific dotfiles.