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   The Natural Philosopher to Carlos E. R.   
   Re: Kewl. Common Desktop Environment 2.5   
   11 Feb 26 10:28:02   
   
   From: tnp@invalid.invalid   
      
   On 10/02/2026 21:28, Carlos E. R. wrote:   
   > On 2026-02-10 15:21, Marc Haber wrote:   
   >> "Carlos E. R."  wrote:   
   >>> However, you can simply switch the greeter and that will stop loading   
   >>> libraries from the other desktop, before starting the desktop.   
   >>   
   >> Dotfiles left around by the other desktop will still be there. And   
   >> probably be used.   
   >   
   > Not if the programs that used them are gone, or you don't run them.   
   >   
   An interesting case of similar is when I cloned the home directory of an   
   x86 machine onto a PI.   
      
   Desktop icons referring to nonexistent programs remained in place   
      
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