[Ilugc] wanna being with lxde
- From: kapil@xxxxxxxxxxx (Kapil Hari Paranjape)
- Date: Sun Sep 13 11:45:08 2009
Hello,
On Sun, 13 Sep 2009, Rahul Sundaram wrote:
On 09/13/2009 07:11 AM, Kapil Hari Paranjape wrote:
On "ubuntu" this is not easy to do. Many "standard" system services are
tied to gnome. So the basic "ubuntu-desktop" pseudo-package depends
on a number of gnome/gtk packages.
So, what's the problem with that? Meta packages are for convenience.
Removing them is not going to break anything.
That is true. I should have said that the packages that
"ubuntu-desktop" depends on provide a number of services that a
"standard" desktop depends on. So, if you want to remove all these
(gnome-based) packages then you probably need to replace them with
others that provide similar functionality.
In the case of kubuntu, some kde-based alternatives are provided
while xubuntu uses some gtk-based alternatives. I don't know what
the replacements for "lxde" will be but perhaps "lubuntu" will make
appropriate choices.
On the other hand you may not want some of the functions provided by
these packages and are willing to organise your desktop/workspace
etc. on your own.
Regards,
Kapil.
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