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   The Natural Philosopher to Carlos E. R.   
   Re: Kewl. Common Desktop Environment 2.5   
   11 Feb 26 12:15:11   
   
   From: tnp@invalid.invalid   
      
   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.   
      
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