you can check the list of applications in the wiki [1] No, you are not the only one who doesn't like GNOME, KDE, XFCE, ... have you tried i3? about replacement software: try using command line tools, just search the link below for all sorts of applications... cheers, simon [1]: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/List_of_Applications#CD.2FDVD_burning_tools 2014/1/21 Ralf Mardorf <ralf.mardorf@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Hi, > > a short question but a long story, perhaps somebody could give some > hints. > > To stop a green drive spinning up and down again and again I removed > gvfs from my machine, but each time I used K3b seemingly a KDE thingy > makes my drive spin up and down again and again until I reboot. > > Is anybody aware if developers of desktop environments care about things > like green drives, optional vs hard dependencies? > > I also noticed that if using a desktop environment's GUI editor as root > this could cause serious issues nowadays. > > Am I the only one who tries to get rid of desktop environments and the > software, such as the desktop environment's editors? > > I'm experimenting with getting rid of Xfce and I'm testing Jwm at the > moment, but generating the menu is PITA and to find good replacements > for editors, file browsers etc. isn't easy. > > Does anybody know burning software that is nearly as comfortable as K3b > is, but that doesn't need GNOME or KDE dependencies? > > Regards, > Ralf > >