Re: My Friends Make Fun of My UI
On Wed, 04 Mar 2015, Stephen R Guglielmo wrote:
> Hi list,
>
> I use LXDE on my Jessie laptop. I chose this desktop environment
> because I don't want a lot of "stuff" on my system. Everything there
> is essentially installed by me. I have Iceweasel, Claws-Mail, another
> GUI program or two, but that's it. Everything else, I do in a
> terminal. I even use Iceweasel to open the occasional PDF I come
> across (eliminating the need for another PDF viewer). I suppose I'm a
> minimalist in this sense.
>
> I would like to upgrade to Gnome so my desktop looks/feels a bit nicer
What exactly do you find wrong with LXDE? What is missing compared to
other DEs?
I use just a window manager (Openbox), a single panel (LXPanel) at
the bottom, and a backdrop image. Does everything I need it to do.
> and gain a few extra features I'm missing in LXDE. However, I don't
> want all the "stuff" that normally comes with Gnome.
>
> I have no use for:
> -GUI login screen/session manager
> -NetworkManager
> -GUI package manager
> -GUI text editor
> -Chat/Contacts/Keyring manager
> -Photo manager
> ....I think you get the idea by now.
For the most part, when you install GNOME, you get most everything. I
don't think you can install just certain GNOME apps or features as most
everything is a dependency of everything else. I tried a few years ago
to do just that and failed. That's one of the reasons I switched to
just a WM.
> I did a bit of reading and would prefer the Gnome "Classic" interface.
> Is there a way to install this type of "minimal" gnome without
> breaking it too much? Is it even possible to do, or does it all
> depend on one another?
Take a look at MATE ( http://mate-desktop.org/ ), a maintained fork of
GNOME2.
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