On Mon, Jul 17, 2017 at 01:21:23PM -0700, stan wrote:
> On Mon, 17 Jul 2017 20:06:29 +0000 (UTC)
> Beartooth <beartooth@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > What other things from KDE might I be using without knowing
> > it?
> >
> > IfI really use it as little as I think, does it really make
> > sense to keep KDE installed??
>
> Everyone decides that for themselves. I have all the desktops
> installed. For a few Gigs of storage, and a little extra time
> updating, I have access to all the great applications that anyone
> creates.
>
> I read that there are people on the list with metered connections,
> it makes sense they pare their systems down to the bare minimum. If
> you are running on marginal hardware, with an extremely small hard
> drive, it makes sense to pare your system down to the bare minimum.
> For anyone else, pedal to the metal would be my answer.
You don't NEED to install the full KDE/Gnome/Mate/XFCE/whatever
desktop to use apps written for it. just install the app with
yum/dnf/apt/whatever and it will bring in the components that
app needs. Sure, it takes some space, but disks are cheap!
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