On Lu, 14 nov 11, 10:19:59, Joao Ferreira Gmail wrote: > Hello all, > > I'm going to start using xfce4. > > Can I safelly "apt-get remove/purge gnome" Haven't done that in a while, but some things to consider: Xfce does not have: - a graphical package manager (keep synaptic, update-manager-gnome, etc., or use aptitude/apt-get instead) - an interface for Network Manager (keep network-manager-gnome, install wicd, or use /etc/network/interfaces instead) - own display manager (keep gdm(3), install slim, lightdm, etc., or use startx instead) You might also find out that due to circular dependencies and/or recommends it will not be easy to get rid of gnome. The above is quite general, in your particular case it will depend a lot on how you use the computer. If in doubt ask here. Hope this helps, Andrei -- Offtopic discussions among Debian users and developers: http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/d-community-offtopic
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