Re: Gnome3 probe
On Fri, Dec 28, 2012 at 10:21:58AM -0500, Stephen Allen wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 17, 2012 at 07:27:47AM -0600, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote:
> > phi debian wrote:
> > >Jeez, welcome lxde, adieu gnome3 !!!
> > >
> > >I installed a fresh debian in a guest as server, then apt-get install lxde.
> > >
> > >In a matter of minute I got a theme, with solid backgroud, my
> > >panel on the right, some usual goodies like synaptic,
> > >update-manager-gnome,
> > >
> > >So I know I will be able to move to this.
> > >
> > <snip>
> >
> > I installed lxde also. Big surprise: it pulled in 286 packages! And
> > I got yet another filemanager, network manager and a display manager
> > that I neither need nor wanted. Is there a truly lightweight install
> > of lxde?
> ---end quoted text---
>
> Absolutely, install OpenBox sans LXDE.
>
And then you can try adding things like lxpanel and other LXDE
components. That *may* help you avoid the 286 packages. Some of those
packages are helpful, though. gpicview, for instance, is a nice
lightweight photo viewer that gets installed with LXDE.
-Rob
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