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Old 01-18-2008, 08:23 PM   #1
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KDE & Gnome make cross-duplicate desktop icons, a fix ?


I have the latest Ubuntu installed and I added the packages necessary to have KDE as an option in additon to Gnome. Well, when I make an icon for my KDE desktop, it is also there when I boot into Gnome and vice versa. So, I have duplicate icons. I used to have the Xubuntu (XFCE ubuntu) and Geubuntu (enlightenment desktop mixed with Gnome ubuntu) packages installed. That was a real trip. Gnome had all kinds of different looking and duplicated icons when I booted into it.

Know how to fix this ? Any help would be appreciated as to how to keep these desktop environments and their config files or startup routines separate.

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Old 01-19-2008, 12:49 PM   #2
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Unfortunately Gnome and KDE do this by design. The Portland project has been working on making the Gnome and KDE desktops identical.

http://www.linux.com/articles/114183

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