Start KDE with different config directory

Reindl Harald h.reindl at thelounge.net
Thu Mar 24 21:46:13 UTC 2011



Am 24.03.2011 22:21, schrieb Armelius Cameron:
> Hello, 
> Is it possible for KDE to use different config directory other than ~/.kde ? 
> 
> Let's say I have different computers or test machines that not necessary runs 
> the same KDE version (e.g different Fedora releases), or just want different KDE 
> setup on those machines. I want all the machine to mount the same home 
> directory from NFS server so that I have access to all my files, but I want the 
> different machines to use different KDE config directory: e.g. ~/.kde_machine1, 
> ~/.kde_machine2, etc. If this is possible, how do I do it ? 

why not using bind-mounts in /etc/fstab?

* Leave the folder empty
* put your .kde for every setup in a dedicated folder
* /pys-folder /home/username/.kde    none    bind

this way you are totally independent and no line
code in any software must be changed - use the
unix-capabilities you have :-)

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