On Sat, 21 Jun 2014 20:31:50 -0400 Steve Litt <sl...@troubleshooters.com> wrote:
> 1) Am I correct that Debian's LXDE package installs lightdm? This is a recommend not a dependency. > 2) Does that come from the LXDE project, or is it a Debian thing? I'd say a Debian thing. > 3) Is there a way to turn off LXDE's install of lightdm? Yep, uncheck it before installation (I use dselect & synaptic, so it may be easier than with other pkg managers). > The whole reason I'm switching from Xubuntu to Debian is to get > away from both Plymouth and *dm. Fortunately, I find LXDE > desireable, but no way do I find it necessary. LXDE's not bad and lightweight, but I rejected it because of its inability to automagically re-open (almost) all programs that where in use in the last session. XFCE does this very well and even if it is not as light as LXDE, its consumption (CPU/RAM) stays acceptable. -- Why contradict a woman? It is much more simpler to wait for her to change her mind. -- Feydeau
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