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   Carlos E. R. to The Natural Philosopher   
   Re: Kewl. Common Desktop Environment 2.5   
   11 Feb 26 13:57:30   
   
   From: robin_listas@es.invalid   
      
   On 2026-02-11 13:15, The Natural Philosopher wrote:   
   > On 11/02/2026 11:06, Carlos E. R. wrote:   
   >> 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? :-)   
   >>   
   > So a clean install doesnt do that.   
   >   
      
   Deleting your home directory too, or a new user.   
      
   --   
   Cheers,   
           Carlos E.R.   
      
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