Been wondering this for ages .. ( sessions )

Operating Systems & Open Source Linux
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hi,

I haven’t really actually done anything like this but i have always been interested to see if its possible. Although its technically possible and easy to create a new user and have a login session for that user, its not ideal as files and permissions are different ( steam may grumble too )

is is possible to have different sessions ? For example, I boot up Linux and on the prompt i can choose xfce, kde, cinnamon which is of course easily possible ( and bloaty )

but is it actually possible to have Cinnamon 1 , Cinnamon 2, Cinnamon 3 all with the same user as a login session. The reason is simple, for Cinnamon 1 i could have entirely different Fonts, UI, DPI, icons, colours and layout to 2,3,4 ?

This would allow me to create a night login, a game themed login etc..

thanks

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I have always just used multiple users for situations like that. When I go to make a new user, I have the option of enabling file sharing and giving permissions to the new user and all that fun stuff.

I have never had a real issue with steam due to permission problems either.

Now what would be really cool to do (and I have NO clue if this is possible) would be to have multiple virtual desktops and have each desktop customized.

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the last part is possible to an extent with KDE activities although the actual color scheme and icons dont change id be happy if the color was able to change at least and maybe the font as they are very low memory and load times..
as it stands each workspace activity gets its own widgets + desktop background.