Re: [gentoo-user] Re: How to dump kde gracefully in favor of lxde

2017-02-20 Thread Walter Dnes
On Mon, Feb 20, 2017 at 01:44:02PM +0100, Kai Krakow wrote > You could also try to stop portage from even syncing the KDE components > into the tree. I usually do this for small systems to not give portage > any chance of pulling in unwanted components. As a plus, syncing and > dep calculation

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: How to dump kde gracefully in favor of lxde

2017-02-20 Thread Mick
On Monday 20 Feb 2017 15:32:25 Grant Edwards wrote: > On 2017-02-19, Mick wrote: > >> And what pulls in NetworkManager? KDE's power manager with USE=wireless! > > I despise NetworkManager. Over the years, it has been the cause of > countless problems and hours of

[gentoo-user] Re: How to dump kde gracefully in favor of lxde

2017-02-20 Thread Harry Putnam
"Walter Dnes" writes: [...] > 1) "eselect profile list" and switch to a basic non-KDE profile of your > choice. Moved from: default/linux/amd64/13.0/desktop * to default/linux/amd64/13.0 * > > 2) "emerge gentoolkit" if not already present. > > 3) "cat

[gentoo-user] Re: How to dump kde gracefully in favor of lxde

2017-02-20 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2017-02-19, Mick wrote: >> And what pulls in NetworkManager? KDE's power manager with USE=wireless! I despise NetworkManager. Over the years, it has been the cause of countless problems and hours of wasted time. The first I do when dealing with network problems

[gentoo-user] Re: How to dump kde gracefully in favor of lxde

2017-02-20 Thread Kai Krakow
Am Sat, 18 Feb 2017 22:05:01 -0500 schrieb "Walter Dnes" : > On Sat, Feb 18, 2017 at 04:57:52PM -0500, Harry Putnam wrote > > > Any advice about slick ways of getting fully updated but dumping kde > > on the way. > > *IMPORTANT* KDE is obscene about dependancies.