I love Mozilla but I hate Nautilus. I love Gnome but I hate Nautilus. So
during MDK installation I simply did not select Galeon/Nautilus but select
Mozilla and Gnome Midnight Commander, a efficient file manager.
Moreover, I also use KDE. No problems at all.
> I couldn't agree with you more about Nautilus. I've got a solution, but
> it probably won't be what you want to hear.
>
> The way I trim the system down during install is to deselect all group
> packages except for KDE Workstation. Then I go to the individual
> package list and go thru the entire package listing, picking out what
> I'd like to have. If any package that I'm considering installing turns
> out to require gnome-core, I immediately decide that I don't want it.
>
> Most importantly I select Enlightenment window manager and get esound
> support installed for all multimedia packages (xmms for an example).
> Later, when Enlightenment is brought up I enable kde support for E and
> volia! I instantly have access to all kde apps; including konqueror,
> which also functions as a file manager. If you do it that way, none of
> the gnome bloat will get into your system.
>
> If konqueror isn't your speed, you can always pick another file manager
> from some others listed in the email archives. I believe Femme was
> looking for an alternative some time back, she may have settled on a
> solution.
>
> As for breaking stuff...if your dependencies to gnome-core are involving
> some important apps that you use everyday, you are looking at trouble.
> If it was me, I'd back up my data to CDRW and reinstall with the above
> procedure; and sidestep any future apps that required gnome-core.
>
> Sorry my response was not more helpful.
>
> LX
>
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Alan Wilter S. da Silva
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Laboratório de Física Biológica
Instituto de Biofísica Carlos Chagas Filho
Universidade do Brasil/UFRJ
Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
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