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Thor@Flanders

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Registered: 2010-08-27

Posts: 266

XFCE and Gnome3 co-existence check

Hi,

Okay, I read the wiki, I googled around and now, just a last check:

Can Gnome3 and XFCE co-exist on a same box without destructive conflict?

I have Gnome3 - but since my box has no 3D-accelleration, I'm stuck in fallback. So hence the need for XFCE.

Thanks

Thor

ArchArael

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Registered: 2005-06-14

Posts: 504

Re: XFCE and Gnome3 co-existence check

Gnome 3 has the fall back mode.

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Gn … lback_mode

Thor@Flanders

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Registered: 2010-08-27

Posts: 266

Re: XFCE and Gnome3 co-existence check

Hi,

Thanks for this tip, but...this from the link:

Your session automatically starts in fallback mode when gnome-shell is not present, or when your hardware cannot handle graphics acceleration — such as running within a virtual machine or running on old hardware.

...sums up my "problem" - the fallback is a little to "flat" and I'd like to install XFCE alongside Gnome3, provided there will be no conflicts. This machine is my main box...so I need to make very sure first...

ibazulic

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Registered: 2011-07-16

Posts: 3

Re: XFCE and Gnome3 co-existence check

i really don't see why gnome and Xfce wouldn't coexist on the same computer. they do on mine. pacman did, however, find one conflicting dependancy, apparently Xfce4 has its own notification-daemon and doesn't need Gnome's. but Gnome starts up without any glitches so i guess it's ok. i also have KDE because some people in my household like it :-D and everything works as it should.

Thor@Flanders

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Registered: 2010-08-27

Posts: 266

Re: XFCE and Gnome3 co-existence check

@ibazulic
Thanks, this reassures me. I do have eleven other computers and some servers. Only this (main) system gets the gentle treatment...

Thanks.

Marking this as solved!