Jeremy Ardley wrote: ... > Personally I use only Mate but it's riddled with Gnome components that I > can't easily remove. For instance the Gnome NetworkManager widget is > installed despite me not using NetworkManager and I can't find a way to > remove it. > > On other O/S you could (can?) generate a 'packing list' of all the > components you wanted to install and use that to build your system. I > expect Debian 11 has that ability but it's not something that is > immediately obvious.
somehow i've been running that way for quite some time on MATE in testing but i may have not installed every bit of a default installation or have removed things so it would go away. some other things i also do not run because i find them annoying. i'm sure i have some extras in here now that i do not really use at all but... here is my current mate- list from dpkg: ii debian-mate-default-settings 1.26.0-1 all Default settings for MATE on Debian ii libmate-desktop-2-17:amd64 1.26.0-1 amd64 Library with common API for various MATE modules (library) ii libmate-menu2:amd64 1.26.0-3 amd64 implementation of the freedesktop menu specification for MATE (library) ii libmate-panel-applet-4-1:amd64 1.27.0-1 amd64 library for MATE Panel applets ii libmate-panel-applet-dev 1.27.0-1 amd64 library for MATE Panel applets (development files) ii libmate-sensors-applet-plugin0 1.26.0-1 amd64 Library for plugins for the mate-sensors-applet package ii libmate-slab0:amd64 1.26.0-2 amd64 beautification app library ii libmate-window-settings1:amd64 1.26.0-2 amd64 utilities to configure the MATE desktop (window settings library) ii mate-applets 1.26.1-1 amd64 Various applets for the MATE panel ii mate-applets-common 1.26.1-1 all Various applets for the MATE panel (common files) ii mate-backgrounds 1.26.0-1 all Set of backgrounds packaged with the MATE Desktop Environment ii mate-calc 1.26.0-1 amd64 MATE desktop calculator ii mate-calc-common 1.26.0-1 all MATE desktop calculator (common files) ii mate-common 1.26.0-1 all common scripts and macros to develop with MATE ii mate-control-center 1.26.0-2 amd64 utilities to configure the MATE desktop ii mate-control-center-common 1.26.0-2 all utilities to configure the MATE desktop (common files) ii mate-desktop 1.26.0-1 amd64 Library with common API for various MATE modules ii mate-desktop-common 1.26.0-1 all Library with common API for various MATE modules (common files) ii mate-desktop-environment 1.26.0+1 all MATE Desktop Environment (metapackage) ii mate-desktop-environment-core 1.26.0+1 all MATE Desktop Environment (essential components, metapackage) ii mate-icon-theme 1.26.0-1 all MATE Desktop icon theme ii mate-indicator-applet 1.26.0-1 amd64 MATE panel indicator applet ii mate-indicator-applet-common 1.26.0-1 all MATE panel indicator applet (common files) ii mate-media 1.26.0-2 amd64 MATE media utilities ii mate-media-common 1.26.0-2 all MATE media utilities (common files) ii mate-menus 1.26.0-3 all implementation of the freedesktop menu specification for MATE ii mate-notification-daemon 1.26.0-1 amd64 daemon to display passive popup notifications ii mate-notification-daemon-common 1.26.0-1 all daemon to display passive popup notifications (common files) ii mate-panel 1.27.0-1 amd64 launcher and docking facility for MATE ii mate-panel-common 1.27.0-1 all launcher and docking facility for MATE (common files) ii mate-polkit:amd64 1.26.1-1 amd64 MATE authentication agent for PolicyKit-1 ii mate-polkit-common 1.26.1-1 amd64 MATE authentication agent for PolicyKit-1 (common files) ii mate-screensaver 1.26.1-1 amd64 MATE screen saver and locker ii mate-screensaver-common 1.26.1-1 all MATE screen saver and locker (common files) ii mate-sensors-applet 1.26.0-1 amd64 Display readings from hardware sensors in your MATE panel ii mate-sensors-applet-common 1.26.0-1 all Display readings from hardware sensors in your MATE panel (common files) ii mate-session-manager 1.26.0-1 amd64 Session manager of the MATE desktop environment ii mate-settings-daemon 1.26.0-1 amd64 daemon handling the MATE session settings ii mate-settings-daemon-common 1.26.0-1 all daemon handling the MATE session settings (common files) ii mate-system-monitor 1.26.0-1 amd64 Process viewer and system resource monitor for MATE ii mate-system-monitor-common 1.26.0-1 all Process viewer and system resource monitor for MATE (common files) ii mate-terminal 1.26.0-1 amd64 MATE terminal emulator application ii mate-terminal-common 1.26.0-1 all MATE terminal emulator application (common files) ii mate-themes 3.22.23-1 all Official themes for the MATE desktop ii mate-tweak 22.10.0-2 all MATE desktop tweak tool ii mate-user-guide 1.26.0-1 all User documentation for MATE Desktop Environment ii mate-utils 1.26.0-1 amd64 MATE desktop utilities ii mate-utils-common 1.26.0-1 all MATE desktop utilities (common files) use at your own discretion. :) songbird