Hi, On 2021-08-05 4:06 a.m., Gunnar Gervin wrote: > Steve. > At least Debian works better in this old Mac best of all else I've > tried. Debian is very instructive, which in itself is an argument to use > it for a newbie in IT & Linux. > BR, > Gunnar. > PS. > And level of patience, respect & even humility is a bit higher here than > the smaller, also quick response, helpsite I used in another Linux > distro. That bit is necessary for me to keep focus. > DS. > > On Wed, 4 Aug 2021, 22:03 Steve Litt, <slitt@troubleshooters.com > <mailto:slitt@troubleshooters.com>> wrote: > > Hi Gunnar, > > Gnome depends very much on systemd, and probably vice versa. It doesn't > surprise me at all that Debian doesn't work without Gnome, or at least > without a lot of hoop-jumping. > Total false statement and non-sense. There's many and many more Debian server running without Gnome. Some of them don't even have a video card connected to a monitor. You can choose during installation of Debian to use XFCE as desktop manager without installing Gnome. There's even a Debian live disk (DVD/USB stick) that runs XFCE, you can use this one to try out and install from it after. https://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/current-live/amd64/iso-hybrid/ https://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/current-live/amd64/iso-hybrid/debian-live-10.10.0-amd64-xfce.iso And even better https://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/current-live/amd64/iso-hybrid/debian-live-10.10.0-amd64-standard.iso The last one is without any type of desktop manager at all. > You might want to try Devuan, which is basically Debian without > systemd, and then use a window manager or desktop environment that is > not Gnome. I think Devuan's default is XFCE. > > Steve Litt > > > > Gunnar Gervin said on Wed, 4 Aug 2021 11:11:49 +0300 > > >I forgot to tell: > >The machine got some crisis because I removed Gnome desktop in a some > >wrong way in root in Terminal; > ># apt remove task-gnome-desktop > > > >Please advice how tide up again. > >Gunnar > -- Polyna-Maude R.-Summerside -Be smart, Be wise, Support opensource development
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