Re: XFCE desktop option
Hi!
I was curious why Debian Edu didn't support an XFCE desktop. I
certainly like it - I think it is functional and simple, yet lightweight
- and if this graph is correct it would seem to be close to KDE4 in
popularity now:
http://qa.debian.org/popcon-graph.php?packages=gnome-shell+plasma-desktop+xfce4+lxde-core&show_installed=on&want_legend=on&want_ticks=on&from_date=&to_date=&hlght_date=&date_fmt=%25Y-%25m&beenhere=1
On 18/05/13 07:27, Petter Reinholdtsen wrote:
> Is there anything else that need to be in the task file? It should
> include everything needed to get a XFCE desktop operational, but no
> education / generic software (which should go in desktop-other and other
> task files instead).
I recall a couple of things were changed recently in tasksel for XFCE:
* network-manager-gnome, instead of wicd
* post-wheezy: evince-gtk, instead of epdfview
I think the xfce4-goodies are worth having, for a more 'complete'
desktop environment, at the expense of ~40 MiB uncompressed (unless you
are *really* constrained for space).
Some of tasksel's Recommends for xfce would be already included by the
xfce4-goodies metapackage (xfce4-terminal, mousepad) or the xfce4 core
package (xfce4-mixer, orage).
Other XFCE- or GTK2-specific packages currently recommended by tasksel
are: xfprint4, system-config-printer, xfce4-power-manager,
libreoffice-gtk, tango-icon-theme, dbus-x11:
http://anonscm.debian.org/gitweb/?p=tasksel/tasksel.git;a=blob;f=debian/control;h=628f47da9db203f22a39a90c905d0a2485df7e00;hb=d481e5b565b8454f442ced4f7ff48f4502881ed2#l201
The rest is probably covered by generic Debian Edu desktop tasks.
Regards,
--
Steven Chamberlain
steven@pyro.eu.org
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