On Thu, 24 Mar 2016 20:30:29 +0100 maderios <maderios@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 03/24/2016 05:41 PM, Rick Stevens wrote: > > On 03/24/2016 04:33 AM, Diogene Laerce wrote: > >> > >> > >> On 23/03/2016 23:33, François Patte wrote: > >>> Le 23/03/2016 22:38, Joe Zeff a écrit : > >>>> On 03/23/2016 02:30 PM, Bear Tooth wrote: > >>>>> Very Dumb Question : > >>>>> > >>>>> I've just installed F 23, and failed to tell it to use > >>>>> xfce; how do I fix that?? (I seem doomed never to find anything > >>>>> in Gnome 3.) > >> > >> Re-install.. You'll lose less time than install xfce and uninstall > >> gnome stuff. ;) > >> Of course if you don't make the same mistake.. again.. > >> > >> Good luck ! > > > > Yeah, I agree. If all you want is Xfce AND this is a new install, > > just do another new install with Xfce instead. Trying to remove > > Gnome3 is guaranteed to drive you bat sh*t crazy. Gnome wends its > > grubby little tentacles into damned near every part of your system. > > Think of it as the Linux version of MS Explorer (and we know what a > > WONDERFUL piece of software that is!) > Hi > Gnome is not necessary for life... Last year, I installed F23 with > gnome3. I uninstalled *all* gnome packages then I installed xfce4, it > works. To uninstall gnome and dependencies, just remove gconf2. > Precision: I dont use any "network manager". All this sort of depends on what you all mean by "gnome packages" because the gnome folks maintain a lot of base packages that many other things depend on. ie, Xfce wouldn't exist without gtk2, xfce4-power-manager requires upower, etc. In any case it's up to you what you want installed. kevin
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