Jeremy wrote: > Instead of > gnome-core, you could install gnome-session and then install the > additional apps and services you want. There may be value in > meta-gnome3 providing an additional opinionated minimal GNOME > environment since gnome-core is not minimal enough for everyone
My understanding is that gnome-session *is* (intended to be) the minimal GNOME environment. Of course it will be missing some functionality that you might reasonably expect a desktop environment to have, like a text editor, but that's the price you pay for having more control. smcv