Advice: dumping gnome.

[BigAl-sa]

Ok. Looking for a recipe to dump gnome without uninstalling. I'm going to install KDE on Debian Wheezy, and I want some gnome stuff (gtk), but I don't want the current 10⁶ gnome GUI upgrades.

So, I'm looking for suggestions. My instinct says uninstall gnome-desktop first, but I'm not sure whether that will also dump the office stuff.

Thanks in advance!

 

[Other Pineapple Smurf]

Took me a while to figure out that "dumping gnome" is not about gnomes taking dumps

Anyway, on debian its easy: apt-get remove gnome-* . I did that when I moved from Gnome to KDE a few weeks back, but first do an "apt-get -d install kde" to cache all your packages just in case you kill your network connections and cannot get it working in the terminal.

 

[Peon]

Pariahs! Console is the fuel. Console indicates that you have crossed the Rubicon. Shows that as a child you did childish things, but are now a man! Not a mans man, no, a real man!~ Shave with a fishing knife~!

side effects may include: wheezing, coughing, bad eyes and a tendancy to spout sh*t frequently on php forums.

 

[Mars]

 

[BigAl-sa]

TAnyway, on debian its easy: apt-get remove gnome-* . I did that when I moved from Gnome to KDE a few weeks back, but first do an "apt-get -d install kde" to cache all your packages just in case you kill your network connections and cannot get it working in the terminal.

Thanks. Will do that. Did apt-get remove gnome-* also remove rubbish like epiphany and evolution?

 

[adrianx]

BigAl-sa, I can understand your frustration and will never try to convince you to keep Gnome 3.x.... but there is some hope on the horizon.

http://www.h-online.com/open/slideshow/bilderstrecke_1404712.html?back=1417867;image=1