From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: 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 F06CE1382C5 for ; Sat, 30 May 2020 18:50:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id ED48CE08D0; Sat, 30 May 2020 18:50:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-qt1-x82d.google.com (mail-qt1-x82d.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4864:20::82d]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A7F5FE08AD for ; Sat, 30 May 2020 18:50:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-qt1-x82d.google.com with SMTP id h9so4695747qtj.7 for ; Sat, 30 May 2020 11:50:00 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to; bh=yD5zb2ErdLXFYvmy9b5XyJyIh9flIXrOQoSjhcNacps=; b=f4rQOIuGny2Y/7RYMjZGt/3iq5bZptC4z7TOJHwa7VDUgqoYdzn5m1ErhJbbIciqTV vycS52l6AzKOo3B4xHAKU6mcSxcWdmrnnUqL5mUoa453mFOncThOpZ+7WOvPagunCFw7 jXPE8Gx/QluxckbQzKn3XGDdiEyhRmTXgwfjrfKR9FHFJo3MUOlG+5+csDGgnLwh1GtP ZJVAiMHkMGcyJ932dblVDyy4e7tJ1MPwurO6w2D0XIHckbq6ioaiq+lo799Sq4J1XVy4 TUGjpVbW6X2CVQKUtX8fNKNQJTKfAh3TcN/SGc6CnF4azJn5vlfMqWLnNx822DtuH738 NRUw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to; bh=yD5zb2ErdLXFYvmy9b5XyJyIh9flIXrOQoSjhcNacps=; b=gWXWpLVN+nQCXo4ewUbKp3C3DKfRac7e6gp/SkOqR/Wt3PJx5eplJbpqJjUt13ZARA z90UsYX5n+FLZSrP+ZG9wcGeXLKSwWgoAYfrjsLBi+UVjypzopCC9f1Cq8/2b/HExcfR SkN9jW6Ocb9TnuoQhM2qMx8Rs0aHXPPbHgTcHyiozvJBy4hOurQ65mBp3ytUqDEJ7Rx5 eaL7L3y2XWI4Qo7hvjCVdJsjWvGhb9UP/kVAiCFKBVdLKxRHc/43bJCy1mOUuPEhuTcL 5rWWDnNNQOATD46vQRXWK1a+n0JFEv4EBLbTK0pxIlBEqoY3ba0CdmvBujNC+pYXNkDE b8Vw== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM5316nqPNrWRoNuguLhnUwsZ4vyqxYepdqd5oWVGoO7ZzV3//7bMH eZLL8KcXIr9fT/G0VaD01ePC5dxUJU/bPGPM6WbsWVk9 X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJzTAR5FWlYA8CvfPJR16iDibqDGy16ixROg4ICBhRa6/LS4B/7r4aFBMUiUEwQsO+EkVY9F932HngdPkv99I4s= X-Received: by 2002:ac8:842:: with SMTP id x2mr14823262qth.233.1590864599423; Sat, 30 May 2020 11:49:59 -0700 (PDT) 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 X-Auto-Response-Suppress: DR, RN, NRN, OOF, AutoReply MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <7783333.T7Z3S40VBb@peak> In-Reply-To: From: Mark Knecht Date: Sat, 30 May 2020 11:49:48 -0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Have I to install wifi now? To: Gentoo User Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="000000000000559c4005a6e20702" X-Archives-Salt: e4b0644d-e867-48b1-b9a2-d2350e191350 X-Archives-Hash: 1828a721957a5e14d009fbf004ea0e51 --000000000000559c4005a6e20702 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" On Sat, May 30, 2020 at 11:21 AM Grant Edwards wrote: > > On 2020-05-30, Peter Humphrey wrote: > > > I masked the latest version of plasma-meta, 5.18.5, [...] > > > Is this going to be policy in future? Bloat the machine up with bells and > > whistles that are unwanted, and even actively disliked. Already I've been > > obliged to install encryption and LVM, neither of which I want; where is it > > going to end? > > Running Openbox instead of Plasma? > > I had a hard enough time preventing XFCE from installing tons of stuff > I didn't wan't. Gnome and KDE desktops are so far beyond the pale it > takes OTH radar to find them. > > -- > Grant And yet a week ago this guy put out a small test of XFCE vs KDE resource usage and KDE came out fine. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrvJOXypAbk Just a different POV, Mark --000000000000559c4005a6e20702 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable


On Sat, May 30, 2020 at 11:21 AM Grant Edwards <= ;grant.b.edwards@gmail.com= > wrote:
>
> On 2020-05-30, Peter Humphrey <peter@prh.myzen.co.uk> wrote:
>> > I masked the latest version of plasma-meta, 5.18.5, [...]
>= ;
> > Is this going to be policy in future? Bloat the machine up w= ith bells and
> > whistles that are unwanted, and even actively di= sliked. Already I've been
> > obliged to install encryption an= d LVM, neither of which I want; where is it
> > going to end?
&= gt;
> Running Openbox instead of Plasma?
>
> I had a hard= enough time preventing XFCE from installing tons of stuff
> I didn&#= 39;t wan't.=C2=A0 Gnome and KDE desktops are so far beyond the pale it<= br>> takes OTH radar to find them.
>
> --
> Grant
<= br>
And yet a week ago this guy put out a small test of XFCE vs KDE res= ource usage and KDE came out fine.


Just a different POV,
=
Mark

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