VDQ : Aaarrrghghghhh : Gnome 3

[Kevin Fenzi]

On Thu, 24 Mar 2016 20:30:29 +0100
maderios <maderios at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 03/24/2016 05:41 PM, Rick Stevens wrote:
> > On 03/24/2016 04:33 AM, Diogene Laerce wrote:  
> >>
> >>
> >> On 23/03/2016 23:33, François Patte wrote:  
> >>> Le 23/03/2016 22:38, Joe Zeff a écrit :  
> >>>> On 03/23/2016 02:30 PM, Bear Tooth wrote:  
> >>>>> Very Dumb Question :
> >>>>>
> >>>>>      I've just installed F 23, and failed to tell it to use
> >>>>> xfce; how do I fix that?? (I seem doomed never to find anything
> >>>>> in Gnome 3.)  
> >>
> >> Re-install.. You'll lose less time than install xfce and uninstall
> >> gnome stuff. ;)
> >> Of course if you don't make the same mistake.. again..
> >>
> >> Good luck !  
> >
> > Yeah, I agree. If all you want is Xfce AND this is a new install,
> > just do another new install with Xfce instead. Trying to remove
> > Gnome3 is guaranteed to drive you bat sh*t crazy. Gnome wends its
> > grubby little tentacles into damned near every part of your system.
> > Think of it as the Linux version of MS Explorer (and we know what a
> > WONDERFUL piece of software that is!)  
> Hi
> Gnome is not necessary for life... Last year, I installed F23 with 
> gnome3. I uninstalled *all* gnome packages then I installed xfce4, it 
> works. To uninstall gnome and dependencies, just remove gconf2.
> Precision: I dont use any "network manager".

All this sort of depends on what you all mean by "gnome packages"
because the gnome folks maintain a lot of base packages that many other
things depend on. ie, Xfce wouldn't exist without gtk2,
xfce4-power-manager requires upower, etc. 

In any case it's up to you what you want installed. 

kevin


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