From: robin_listas@es.invalid   
      
   On 2026-02-12 08:45, Marc Haber wrote:   
   > 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   
   >   
   > It is enough to work with xfce, lxde, lxqt and kde interleaved. kde   
   > might get quite confused by the settings you did in lxde.   
   >   
   > Chaning the desktop in the same account is a common use case when you   
   > use a development version of your distribtion where your daily desktop   
   > may be broken von time to time, or when you access your desktop   
   > remotely over thin links, falling back to a desktop that isn't as   
   > graphcally challenging.   
      
   Or when they tell me about this or that wonderful feature the other   
   desktop has, and I temporarily switch to find out about it. :-)   
      
   --   
   Cheers,   
           Carlos E.R.   
      
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