On Wed, 04 Mar 2015, Stephen R Guglielmo wrote: > Hi list, > > I use LXDE on my Jessie laptop. I chose this desktop environment > because I don't want a lot of "stuff" on my system. Everything there > is essentially installed by me. I have Iceweasel, Claws-Mail, another > GUI program or two, but that's it. Everything else, I do in a > terminal. I even use Iceweasel to open the occasional PDF I come > across (eliminating the need for another PDF viewer). I suppose I'm a > minimalist in this sense. > > I would like to upgrade to Gnome so my desktop looks/feels a bit nicer
What exactly do you find wrong with LXDE? What is missing compared to other DEs? I use just a window manager (Openbox), a single panel (LXPanel) at the bottom, and a backdrop image. Does everything I need it to do. > and gain a few extra features I'm missing in LXDE. However, I don't > want all the "stuff" that normally comes with Gnome. > > I have no use for: > -GUI login screen/session manager > -NetworkManager > -GUI package manager > -GUI text editor > -Chat/Contacts/Keyring manager > -Photo manager > ....I think you get the idea by now. For the most part, when you install GNOME, you get most everything. I don't think you can install just certain GNOME apps or features as most everything is a dependency of everything else. I tried a few years ago to do just that and failed. That's one of the reasons I switched to just a WM. > I did a bit of reading and would prefer the Gnome "Classic" interface. > Is there a way to install this type of "minimal" gnome without > breaking it too much? Is it even possible to do, or does it all > depend on one another? Take a look at MATE ( http://mate-desktop.org/ ), a maintained fork of GNOME2. B -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20150304171823.236f4...@debian7.boseck208.net
