On Thu 26 Sep 2024 at 09:52:18 (+0100), Joe wrote: > On Thu, 26 Sep 2024 07:19:26 +1000 George at Clug wrote: > > On Wednesday, 25-09-2024 at 12:37 Max Nikulin wrote: > > > On 25/09/2024 04:52, George at Clug wrote: > > > > An other example would be to boot Debian Gnome, Debian KDE, and > > > > Debian Mate, Debian XFCE. > > > > <snip> > > > > > Display managers allow to > > > select session type before login (but some can not remember > > > per-user preferences). > > > > Using a different display manager is not the same as using a > > different installation. > > > No, for that you need multi-boot. > > But to compare Gnome, KDE etc. you would be staying within one > installation and using the display manager to switch between desktop > environments, which is what these things are. You could also compare > with other environments such as window managers, but generally only > heavy professional users find it convenient to eliminate the desktop > environments, such as you mention (also LXDE and Cinnamon). > > If you look around your login screen, it may not be obvious, but there > should be a way to select different types of session. Even with a > default Debian installation you should find a session control widget in > the top right corner of the screen while the login box is shown, though > it will only contain the desktop you selected on installation. But you > can install others, and they will appear on this session menu.
Is it safe to assume that the environment a sole DE gives you is the same as the environment when you've switched to that DE from running several others, or even when other DEs are installed on the system? Particularly (but sticking with Debian) in the context of: > > > > For example if I could do this I would be able to test > > > > various GUIs or distributions for applications/games > > > > using the same hardware and gauge performance. Also, do DEs ever disagree over how they use their dotfiles? Cheers, David.
