From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: <gentoo-user+bounces-174069-garchives=archives.gentoo.org@lists.gentoo.org> Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 2C56B1395E2 for <garchives@archives.gentoo.org>; Wed, 16 Nov 2016 02:10:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 7083521C039; Wed, 16 Nov 2016 02:10:38 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ironport2-out.teksavvy.com (ironport2-out.teksavvy.com [206.248.154.181]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 3E089E0782 for <gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org>; Wed, 16 Nov 2016 02:10:38 +0000 (UTC) X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: A0BpBwALW9BX/wmpxEVDGh0TgyEBAQEBAR5XfIhKsXkkhXIEAgKBaT0QAQIBAQEBAQEBXieEYgEBAwE6HCgLCyETEg8FJTeIQggOLbwaAQEIAiAFhTd4hE6FDIJhgi8Fjx2KPAGBZoQ7iRGJWheFdFIui1CCPYE+NR+Ebh40AYVVAQEB X-IPAS-Result: A0BpBwALW9BX/wmpxEVDGh0TgyEBAQEBAR5XfIhKsXkkhXIEAgKBaT0QAQIBAQEBAQEBXieEYgEBAwE6HCgLCyETEg8FJTeIQggOLbwaAQEIAiAFhTd4hE6FDIJhgi8Fjx2KPAGBZoQ7iRGJWheFdFIui1CCPYE+NR+Ebh40AYVVAQEB X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.30,296,1470715200"; d="scan'208";a="279419269" Received: from 69-196-169-9.dsl.teksavvy.com (HELO waltdnes.org) ([69.196.169.9]) by smtp.teksavvy.com with SMTP; 15 Nov 2016 21:10:35 -0500 Received: by waltdnes.org (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Tue, 15 Nov 2016 21:10:32 -0500 From: "Walter Dnes" <waltdnes@waltdnes.org> Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2016 21:10:32 -0500 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] gnome intrusion? Message-ID: <20161116021032.GA20819@waltdnes.org> References: <CAKpSnpKRQ1Dtiaw5fj+t7eG+xbaDsVuAr2_cqitb5KD2Kz2YYA@mail.gmail.com> <20161114233843.GA17594@bonus.content> <CAKpSnpLhqqnkHFYqUw=te-yG6s1v8dsi7pc8Vhj4UFbB_pdrnQ@mail.gmail.com> Precedence: bulk List-Post: <mailto:gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org> List-Help: <mailto:gentoo-user+help@lists.gentoo.org> List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:gentoo-user+unsubscribe@lists.gentoo.org> List-Subscribe: <mailto:gentoo-user+subscribe@lists.gentoo.org> List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail <gentoo-user.gentoo.org> X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <CAKpSnpLhqqnkHFYqUw=te-yG6s1v8dsi7pc8Vhj4UFbB_pdrnQ@mail.gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.24 (2015-08-30) X-Archives-Salt: cfcb6590-106b-4af8-ae6e-390b3baa6330 X-Archives-Hash: 93ed6431f85e4fcecaa76655e32b6c39 On Mon, Nov 14, 2016 at 11:52:50PM +0000, Jorge Almeida wrote > Good to know. I'm currently testing openbox without dbus-launch. No > problem yet. > > It would be great to have some WiKi pages telling what some USE flag > really do to particular packages, e.g, what does it mean to run > firefox without dbus. The current Pale Moon requires glib-dbus. I do my own custom builds of Pale Moon for my personal use without dbus. I also have an ancient 32-bit-only Atom netbook. dbus is required for Necko-Wifi and Wakelock in Pale Moon, and presumably also in Firefox... Necko-Wifi - allows improved geo-location if you have wifi, which most PCs have, even newer desktops. It works by scanning SSIDs in your vicinity and comparing against a master global database. The local data has to be sent off to a master database (e.g. Google) for the comparison. Wakelock - is a generic API for grabbing a resource and not letting go of it... https://www.w3.org/TR/wake-lock-use-cases/ It's mostly used in mobile apps, but on the desktop it's used to disable the screensaver while a long video is playing. If you can do without Necko-Wifi and Wakelock, you don't need dbus. Let me know off-list if you need any help custom-building Pale Moon. You can also join the Pale Moon web forum https://forum.palemoon.org/ The linux section is https://forum.palemoon.org/viewforum.php?f=37 -- Walter Dnes <waltdnes@waltdnes.org> I don't run "desktop environments"; I run useful applications