On 1/22/06, Etaoin Shrdlu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sunday 22 January 2006 16:57, Mark Knecht wrote: > > > Is there no 'kde-light' to get me the environment without all the > > zillions of apps, etc.? > > Yes, with kde split ebuilds it's actually possible to build a "light" kde > system. Just emerge kdebase-startkde and build from there adding the > apps you need (usually, kicker, konsole and konqueror are enough to give > you an usable desktop, but I must admit that the notion of "usable" is > very subjective; anyway, I hope you get the idea). > > In fact, you can have a functional kde desktop by installing no more than > 20-30 applications among the "zillions" you mentioned before :) > > HTH
Thanks. It does help. And I hope it's clear I'm not picking on KDE. I have no reason to. I don't run a full version of Gnome either. It's great to know that there's a reasonably simple way to get a reduced version of KDE. Thanks, Mark -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
