On Mon, 26 Oct 2009 15:33:12 +0100 Arvid Picciani <aep@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > hollunder@xxxxxx wrote: > > > The problem is that the Desktop Environments, GNOME and KDE, in > > their quest for "integrated desktop experience" push more and more > > stuff that's really only useful to those DEs deeper and deeper into > > the system. > > If you as a user need or want it or not, you get it. > > I warned about that 2 years ago, and no one would listen. Thankfully > we are at a point were it gets so undenyable that the anger about the > problem is gaining momentum. > I'm lurking in my corner waiting for the day that the crowd is big > enough to form a community (maybe even a distro) > > Until then, here are some steps to punch some sanity into your > (arch)linux destop: > > 1) http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/ABS_-_The_Arch_Build_System > > 2) IgnorePkg = dbus dbus-core gconf hal > > 3) foreach in {xorg,emacs,qt,webkit,..} > > 3.1) find and remove --enable-dbus, --enable-gconf , > --enable-hal, --with-hal, --other-shite > > 3.2) makepgk && sudo pacman -U > > 4) foreach in {iron,chromium,cups,...} > > 4.1) take a random library, rename it to > libdbus, libgconf, libwhatever, and LD_PRELOAD it. > > 4.2) notice that that the software will gracefully > handle the missing symbols, despite it "needs" them > > 5) foreach in $unfixable_software > > 5.1) pacman -R $unfixable_software > > > 6) pacman -R dbus-core dbus gconf > > 7) remove shit from /etc/cron.d/ > > 8) Happy face > > great mail. I don't see what's so bad with dbus though. Dieter
