Someone actually made a really good guide on it about a week ago:
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Damn, that's awesome! Thank you for sharing, this is going to be very useful to me.
You don't have access to your full home folder in *nested desktop mode though right?
Desktop mode, or do you mean nested desktop? Either way, I have not noticed that limitation.
I meant nested desktop mode.
Download a file from a webrowser in nested desktop mode and then check in normal desktop mode where the file is. Can you access/see it? Is it in the spot that webrowser normally downloads too?
I think it is just the thorough and thoughtful way Linux explicitly deals with folder permission structures, opening a nested desktop creates an enclosed workspace within the current context, you aren't supposed to use it to go everywhere and do anything on the OS I think.
It's fairly common to share the same home dir throughout multiple desktop environments, which is essentially what nested desktop is – just a way to launch a Plasma desktop inside an existing desktop. This isn't like a flatpak or another isolation mechanism.
i haven't used desktop mode since that guide was posted in the instance this week.
love it!