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submitted 1 year ago by Bicyclejohn@lemmy.ml to c/linux@lemmy.ml

I need to switch from KDE to xfce without losing my files, any advice?

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[-] Dr_Willis@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 year ago

I have 5+ DEs on my pop_os install, you don't lose files in your users home.

[-] Retiring@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago

May I ask why you have 5+ DEs installed? And also, isn’t that quite the mess with all the dotfiles?

[-] TimeSquirrel@kbin.social 10 points 1 year ago

We don't talk about their 5+ desktop environments just like we don't talk about my fourteen Windows VMs...

[-] loutr@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

Hold on, I get the 5 DEs if you like to tinker but ME? Really?

[-] zwekihoyy@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

I think using virtualbox is the bigger offense here.

[-] Dr_Willis@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago

for testing, and no, no issues at all with the various dot files.

Cluttered app menus, and an occasional "default open with app" setting changed is about the only issues.

[-] qjkxbmwvz@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 year ago

Is the dotfile overhead of a DE substantially more than any other program? Is there a particular conflict that you're thinking of?

For a multiuser system it can be great to have multiple DEs or WMs.

[-] Retiring@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

I am thinking about .Xresources, for example, and gtk things and other files in .config. I didn’t mean the DE specific dotfiles.

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