The -desktop packages are meta-packages which pull in the applications and packages needed for that environment. If both Ubuntu-desktop and and other -desktop package are installed at the same time, when you upgrade to the next release, the upgrade will fail and you will be facing difficulties of a partial upgrade to the next release.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/737324 Title: xubuntu-desktop conflicted with ubuntu-desktop in natty -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
