On Tue, 4 Jul 2017 15:56:06 -0700 Jimmy Johnson <field.engin...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 07/04/2017 03:11 PM, Patrick Bartek wrote: > > On Tue, 04 Jul 2017 19:51:39 +0200 deloptes <delop...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > >> Christian Seiler wrote: > >> > >>> For both Jessie and Stretch, the following holds true: > >>> > >>> - GNOME requires systmed-logind's interfaces to work. (Or any > >>> alternative that implements the same DBus interface, but none > >>> exist in Debian at the moment) > >> > >> + one reason no to use Gnome > >> > > > > My thoughts exactly. I stopped using GNOME or any desktop > > environment 5+ years ago. Resource hogs.. A window manager, a > > single panel and a couple virtual terminals are more than > > sufficient. > > > > B > > Funny, that sounds like something a Slack'er would say. Patrick, we > are not all keyboard wizards like you and that other Patrick who can > keyboard faster than I can read. That's a compliment on your > abilities by the way. I'm far from a wizard on the keyboard or a terminal I'm just as lazy as the next guy, but I'm also a minimalist. And a window manager and a panel is all the GUI I need. In reality, it's all anybody needs. Desktop environments are just so much eye candy, but they get installed by default and that's what people are used to. Doesn't bother me as long as I get to choose the interface I want. And FWIW, I used Slackware for a couple years a dozen years ago. But I've used a lot of Linux distros over the past 17 years as well as the 4 or 5 major desktop environments. Why not try a window manager and a panel? It's not that hard to master. And your system will be noticeably snappier. I suggest starting with Openbox as the manager and LXPanel. That's what I use. If you've got LXDE installed, both are already installed. Just choose Openbox at login. But RTFM first. B