* Roland Mas <lolando@debian.org> [2011-10-18 18:46]: > > I'm not even sure network-manager is needed on the desktop install, > > but eh. > > $ LANG=C aptitude why network-manager > i gnome-core Depends network-manager-gnome (>= 0.8.999) > i A network-manager-gnome Depends network-manager (>= 0.9) That's the reason why it gets pulled in, however that's not a reason why it is needed on desktop installations. Yours Martin