Steven Maddox (Cyorxamp) wrote: 

> Hi folks,
> 
> I've been using Lenny since June and recently reinstalled (just like to 
> start fresh) in anticipation of the Lenny release.
> 
> I'm starting to be really annoyed with Gnome... it now comes with 
> Epiphany, Evolution, SEVENTEEN games, and god knows what else... you try 
> and remove these extras and it wants to remove all of Gnome - surely the 
> core of Gnome can't possibly really require these extra applications to 
> function.
> 
> Does anyone have any tips (even if it means I do an install of Debian 
> without X and build up from there) on how to get a sleek and slim copy 
> of Gnome running?  i.e. Panel and Alacarte only?  I'm not even overly 
> concerned with Nautilus as I prefer Thunar.  I know I could use Xfce but 
> until maybe version 4.8 (they're still finishing 4.6) they don't have a 
> proper alternative to Alacarte.

I'm probably missing something that Alacarte does, but just in case: xfce4 menu
editor and appfinder seem to do the same thing as Alacarte, at least as far as
I've read just now...

-- 
Joe


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