From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([69.77.167.62] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1L2j2S-0007li-9s for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 19 Nov 2008 09:07:56 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id F1563E02C9; Wed, 19 Nov 2008 09:07:54 +0000 (UTC) Received: from fk-out-0910.google.com (fk-out-0910.google.com [209.85.128.189]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B69EAE02C9 for ; Wed, 19 Nov 2008 09:07:54 +0000 (UTC) Received: by fk-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id 18so4593121fks.2 for ; Wed, 19 Nov 2008 01:07:52 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to :subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=1kWR7VaLlwNg+iVDJBIrnVZ3pHBK3PUCV1we7xnGPZE=; b=PQfv+SvmRMQScYrw+3PNzRFhzqfGL0tXPbburVdj+71uSA5wFc4h1OTuG45O2k5E0M OxJllmDqqnOYD0ixafxbnTa83WmFdVqF72qp2BlCO+swCV7XaI+nfKCL9szLY+oI9Qhm VvFWntZZEuQiHrfN7CENKevfX8kqTtz/N0ctA= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition :references; b=Jep/8reFcmJvyjKXU3dKTDgouqdW/uDlWCTxc517h04QBZ1OmTkkSYe639A2j2DO/4 eSou90KE1v3Kku0e/nQzUj5HZzLStFonF2eqRgfrAZ+1kGvTeCvhZSkGtg4dLZ2aHAEU RGL64qnc0rCJDrAXQX1a6zoAGY0kQom3MoWfc= Received: by 10.187.223.14 with SMTP id a14mr141912far.66.1227085672558; Wed, 19 Nov 2008 01:07:52 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.187.158.20 with HTTP; Wed, 19 Nov 2008 01:07:52 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <79e3aefb0811190107l2fefdcd9r52aced66faf1e7c9@mail.gmail.com> Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2008 11:07:52 +0200 From: "Dirk Uys" To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Getting rid of all kde components In-Reply-To: <87myfx8st1.fsf@newsguy.com> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <87myfx8st1.fsf@newsguy.com> X-Archives-Salt: cd615cdd-fce9-4100-b8c0-ca7245b13501 X-Archives-Hash: 3f59eebb844e4e639b642ab1f8f15548 On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 8:14 AM, Harry Putnam wrote: > I've decided to stop using KDE after yrs of use... given that gentoo > compiles everything from scratch, its just getting to much time lost > jacking around with kde during upgrades. > > But also I'd forgotten what the oldtime linux desktops were like. > fvwm was the main one in use when I started circa 1997. > > I see blackbox is even a bit more stark... but since I am mainly > command line oriented it doesn't present a problem. > > ... I don't know if you have all the KDE stuff installed, because that does take ages, and pulls in the whole KDE kitchen sync. When I install kde I emerge kdesktop (or startkde, cant remember now) and let it pull all its dependencies. This normally results in a very cut down kde - no sound mixer, games, kmail, moonphase applets, etc. (a lot less time spent updating) Or try WindowMaker, I used to use it and I'm still very fond of it. Regards Dirk