Hi Janina. I wrote this before but thinking somebody else might have a better answer I postponed it. I hope maybe it helps some. At least on unstable, I can do apt-get remove gnome2* and have most if not all of the gnome packages removed. Only if you try to add or remove anything with apt-get using the star after the name, make sure you look at what it is about to remove so you don't lose more than you intended. I realize this still leaves some x applications; not sure how you would handle those. Tasksel allows you to add groups of packages but not remove them. Dselect might allow you to do what you want, but I personally don't find dselect very speech or braille friendly--that might just be my preference though. I don't know if aptitude would give you any more flexibility than apt-get or not. -- Cheryl "Where your treasure is, there will your heart be also."
