>That sounds like a bit of a chore, I have no idea what it takes to put >together a Desktop like XFCE, Mate etc. Go to packages.debian.org and do a search for task-xfce-desktop then look at the list of packages that are Dependencies and the packages that are recommended
Dependencies. light-locker lightdm task-desktop tasksel xfce4 Recommends. atril default-dbus-session-bus or dbus-session-bus hunspell-en-us hyphen-en-us libreoffice libreoffice-gtk2 libreoffice-help-en-us mousepad mythes-en-us network-manager-gnome orca parole quodlibet synaptic system-config-printer tango-icon-theme xfce4-goodies xfce4-mixer xfce4-power-manager xfce4-terminal xsane Take out the packages you don't want, add the packages you do want. It really isn't all that hard (and no I'm not being sarcastic). Personally I'd forget about the recommends for now and just install xfce4 and lightdm. On 05/07/2020, andy pugh <bodge...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Sun, 5 Jul 2020 at 02:41, Michael . <keltoi...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> 2) if you don't want items listed in the metapackage try apt-pinning, >> the only other alternative is to write a list including things in the >> metapackage you do want but not things you don't want. > > That sounds like a bit of a chore, I have no idea what it takes to put > together a Desktop like XFCE, Mate etc. > >> 3) it used to be possible but I'm not sure if it is anymore. In the >> past if you wanted a non-standard kernel you had to list it in lb >> config. > > The rt-amd64 kernel is fairly standard, the RTAI one isn't, but will > be on a publicly-accessible repository. > > -- > atp > "A motorcycle is a bicycle with a pandemonium attachment and is > designed for the especial use of mechanical geniuses, daredevils and > lunatics." > — George Fitch, Atlanta Constitution Newspaper, 1912 >
