On 18/3/25 22:48, Patrick O'Callaghan via kde wrote:
On Tue, 2025-03-18 at 07:16 -0400, Steve Cossette wrote:
Do keep in mind that some apps dont appreciate when you switch from one to another. Chrome is a good example; when you switch, for me anyway, all sites get logged out.
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I mostly use Firefox but on the very occasional switch to Gnome to try something I've never seen what you describe. AFAIK browsers store their login cookies in a desktop-independent way, though I suppose there could be exceptions.
I use the upstream versions of Firefox and Thunderbird, which as far as I am aware are both GTK applications and I have not seen any difference in functionality/operation between Gnome and KDE/Plasma. As long as you have the GTK libraries available Gnome applications should run fine in KDE. I installed the Gnome centric version of Fedora and then used the DNF GROUPINSTALL functionality to install KDE/PLASMA and I also switched from GDM to SDDM as my DM, but in reality switching away from GDM is not really necessary it just depends on what sort of display you want. If you have both installed your DM will reference both environments and provide you with the ability to select which Desktop you want to login to.
The one thing you might find is there is there are some Gnome applications that set up there "start menu" entries under groupings that KDE doesn't cater for hence don't show under KDE. Also some applications set up their "start menu" entries to specify to only display them under Gnome so those won't show up under KDE either without modification.
Under Gnome it is very difficult to add icons to your Desktop without a Gnome addon, whose name I have forgotten, but if you are using that Gnome addon and you install KDE/PLASMA, and right click on your desktop to add icons/shortcuts to the desktop, unless you remove the addon from the autostart environment it will overly the KDE Desktop with the icons you had on your Gnome Desktop.
regards, Steve
poc