On 6/10/07, Sudev Barar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On 11/06/07, Telly Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Sudev Barar wrote:
> > On 11/06/07, Telly Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >> I'm currently using the Gnome Desktop environment. As I learn to
> >> use Linux/GNU more, I find that I want to slim down my computer as much
> >> as possible. Hence, I would like to use just a window manager instead
> >> of a full GUI. Is it possible to revert (maybe, apt-get remove gnome)
> >> my GUI and simply use a window manager, or will I need to do a complete
> >> reinstall? Will removing the GUI (Gnome) break my system? Are there
> >> any links on the web that anyone has that discusses this issue? Thanks.
> >
> > Additionally you will also have to look at using something other than
> > gdm...maybe xdm or ??
> But, that's only if I have more than one X-server, correct? I
> understood that only one X-server is needed. Am I thinking about that
> right? ~Telly
Replying on the list as this may end up in more learning for me as well.
Since the objective is to reduce resource pressure on the system you
may use alternative X-server. I do not know answers but gurus on the
list may give more pointers as to which X-server is most efficient.
Are you referring to the packages with names like xserver-xorg-video-nv
and xserver-xorg-video-ati? Those are the drivers for specific video cards
for xorg. If all of them are installed only the correct one for your card is
used and the others are not loaded. You could remove the ones you
don't need, but it wouldn't do much besides save a little disk space.
The vga and vesa drivers are generic, but they give less performance
and features than the correct card specific driver.
If you are referring to something other than the xserver-xorg packages,
I don't know what you mean. There are other X servers, but I doubt
they are what you want. There are commercial X servers that you can
buy, and I think there is at least one X server meant for embedded
systems. And there is XFree86, but almost all of the developers left
and now work on Xorg. I don't think any modern distro still ships
XFree86.
As far as only use of alternative display managers is concerned you
can just do apt-get install icewm or xfce4 or matchbox.
Those are window managers. kdm, gdm and xdm are display managers
and they control things like graphical login.
Cheers,
Kelly
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