Re: Replace systemd
On Tue, 4 Jul 2017 15:56:06 -0700 Jimmy Johnson
<field.engineer@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 07/04/2017 03:11 PM, Patrick Bartek wrote:
> > On Tue, 04 Jul 2017 19:51:39 +0200 deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> Christian Seiler wrote:
> >>
> >>> For both Jessie and Stretch, the following holds true:
> >>>
> >>> - GNOME requires systmed-logind's interfaces to work. (Or any
> >>> alternative that implements the same DBus interface, but none
> >>> exist in Debian at the moment)
> >>
> >> + one reason no to use Gnome
> >>
> >
> > My thoughts exactly. I stopped using GNOME or any desktop
> > environment 5+ years ago. Resource hogs.. A window manager, a
> > single panel and a couple virtual terminals are more than
> > sufficient.
> >
> > B
>
> Funny, that sounds like something a Slack'er would say. Patrick, we
> are not all keyboard wizards like you and that other Patrick who can
> keyboard faster than I can read. That's a compliment on your
> abilities by the way.
I'm far from a wizard on the keyboard or a terminal I'm just as
lazy as the next guy, but I'm also a minimalist. And a window manager
and a panel is all the GUI I need. In reality, it's all anybody
needs. Desktop environments are just so much eye candy, but they get
installed by default and that's what people are used to. Doesn't
bother me as long as I get to choose the interface I want.
And FWIW, I used Slackware for a couple years a dozen years ago. But
I've used a lot of Linux distros over the past 17 years as well as the 4
or 5 major desktop environments.
Why not try a window manager and a panel? It's not that hard to
master. And your system will be noticeably snappier. I suggest
starting with Openbox as the manager and LXPanel. That's what I
use. If you've got LXDE installed, both are already installed. Just
choose Openbox at login. But RTFM first.
B
Reply to: