On 12/28/2009 3:40 AM, William Kenworthy wrote:
Thats why I think removing gnome (or kde) is a good idea - replace with
a lightweight desktop so you still have the required functionality. it
is for emergency use after all. I find that building from scratch is
usually less of a problem than large updates as blocks and problems seem
to occur less often. So it is feasable to spend overnight installing
gnome/kde if need be as you still have a usable system in the meantime -
may not be as nice as kde, but it will still get the job done.
Actually, the only things I have installed in the way of GUIs are lxde
and ion3, the first takes about 10 minutes to compile and the latter
about 5 seconds. The system is very lightweight because it has to be. I
also might add that if I ever try to resurrect this thing, it will
probably be in order to use it as either a web-browser-only type thing
or an experimental-hardware box. In both cases, it would be better as a
non-~arch system. Since I have heard that the only way to go back to
arch involves waiting for the installed packages to be stabilized, I
would like to try that method. Do you guys have any tips for what I am
supposed to do?
Marcus
