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Gnome to XFCE



I have a computer called "alexandria". Usually I log in via SSH. I only log in at the console when it's broken so that networking doesn't work, and even then I almost always use a text console. So I very rarely need X, but still want it there to use if I need it. However it would be nice if the login screen weren't using up resources. I'd be completely fine with logging in by startx.

To that end, I used aptitude to install the meta-package "xfce", and during installation it asked me whether I wanted to use lightdm or gdm3, and I picked lightdm.

What do I need to uninstall to make gnome gone? Then, what do I need to do to make X not use lightdm? On this machine I did "chmod 0 /usr/sbin/lightdm" which works, but probably isn't the right way. Thanks.


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