On Mon, 2011-11-14 at 08:14 -0600, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > Lorenzo Sutton wrote: > > On 14/11/11 11:19, Joao Ferreira Gmail wrote: > >> Can I safelly "apt-get remove/purge gnome" > >> > > Depends on what you call 'safely' and on what you are going to remove > > (gnome is actually dozens of pakcages). Side effects will be all of > > those not-so-evidetlty-related-to-gnome packages which you might remove > > and which are doing important stuff on your system, for example gdm3, > > network manager, gedit etc. Policykit stuff probably > >> > >> Has anyone done this before ? > > > > Yes I did it. Although I don't think just purging gnome tout-court has > > any motive if not experimental/learning. The best option would probably > > be fresh install with xfce4. > > <snip> > > That's what I did: D-i Wheezy, change sources to Sid, dist-upgrade + > install xfce4 + all my usual packages, just no gnome-<anything>. >
ok guys. I guess I really should be carefull :) Thanks for the hints. João > Hugo > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1321281112.2713.6.ca...@wheejy.critical.pt
