Hello, On Sun, 13 Sep 2009, Rahul Sundaram wrote: > On 09/13/2009 07:11 AM, Kapil Hari Paranjape wrote: > > On "ubuntu" this is not easy to do. Many "standard" system services are > > tied to gnome. So the basic "ubuntu-desktop" pseudo-package depends > > on a number of gnome/gtk packages. > > So, what's the problem with that? Meta packages are for convenience. > Removing them is not going to break anything.
That is true. I should have said that the packages that "ubuntu-desktop" depends on provide a number of services that a "standard" desktop depends on. So, if you want to remove all these (gnome-based) packages then you probably need to replace them with others that provide similar functionality. In the case of kubuntu, some kde-based alternatives are provided while xubuntu uses some gtk-based alternatives. I don't know what the replacements for "lxde" will be but perhaps "lubuntu" will make appropriate choices. On the other hand you may not want some of the functions provided by these packages and are willing to organise your desktop/workspace etc. on your own. Regards, Kapil. -- _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, email ilugc-requ...@ae.iitm.ac.in with "unsubscribe <password> <address>" in the subject or body of the message. http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc