Re: I don't want games!!!
On Tue, 2004-12-07 at 16:24 -0500, William Ballard wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 07, 2004 at 03:05:56PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote:
> > On Tue, 2004-12-07 at 14:12 -0500, Xinjiang Lu wrote:
> > > If I get the point, aptitude can do it for you.
> >
> > Then don't use Evil Aptitude. Good, solid apt-get won't do those
> > sorts of things.
>
> Use aptitude to install x-window-system-core, kcontrol, and gnome-control-center.
> This brings in enough of X, KDE, and Gnome to run any app.
> Then add a few more packages as desired.
> In particular, konqueror and/or nautlus. Use aptitude and almost
> all the rest of KDE and/or Gnome will come in sans games and crap.
>
> Finally, install kdm or gdm with aptitude and the final bits will
> come in.
>
And as a coda, 'l ~s[gnome|kde]~g' makes it extremely easy to browse
most of the uninstalled apps in your preferred desktop.
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