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   Carlos E. R. to The Natural Philosopher   
   Re: Kewl. Common Desktop Environment 2.5   
   11 Feb 26 12:06:16   
   
   From: robin_listas@es.invalid   
      
   On 2026-02-11 11:28, The Natural Philosopher wrote:   
   >   
   > 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   
   >   
      
   So? :-)   
      
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