Re: Replace systemd
On Wed, 5 Jul 2017 13:53:10 +0100 Jonathan Dowland <jmtd@debian.org>
wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 04, 2017 at 03:11:05PM -0700, Patrick Bartek wrote:
> >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.
>
> What's good enough for you is not necessarily good enough for
> everyone else. I likewise am very comfortable in a Terminal, however,
> many aren't. Furthermore, there are nowadays lots of other bits and
> pieces that are very useful in a session (a dbus daemon, a GPG and
> SSH keyrings, a power manager and/or screensaver, network manager
> applets, file sync tools, disk mount managers, etc.); you may not
> need these, or may be happy to effectively assemble a form of a
> desktop environment from scratch, but some people are happy to
> delegate that job to others.
All that can be done on a window manager only system, too. Just install
the utility needed, either terminal or X-based..
> (I am currently shopping for a desktop session manager)
Sorry, I have no recommendations. Don't use one. ;-)
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