Dev1 Galaxy Forum / A lighter desktop install

Re: A lighter desktop install

dummy@example.com (stanz) — Mon, 15 Jul 2019 21:34:30 +0000

reunite_pangaea wrote:

fsmithred wrote:
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(with liberal use of --no-install-recommends, avoid metapackages and install the parts of the desktop individually)
Thank you!

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MiyoLinux, with i3 or Openbox DE's...minimal packages installed - so you install what cha like...
also using: '--no-install-recommends'

Re: A lighter desktop install

dummy@example.com (reunite_pangaea) — Sat, 13 Jul 2019 04:15:08 +0000

fsmithred wrote:

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(with liberal use of --no-install-recommends, avoid metapackages and install the parts of the desktop individually)

Thank you!

Re: A lighter desktop install

dummy@example.com (fsmithred) — Sat, 13 Jul 2019 02:36:23 +0000

reunite_pangaea wrote:

Or maybe I should just install the base system first and then manually install what I need.

(with liberal use of --no-install-recommends, avoid metapackages and install the parts of the desktop individually)

A lighter desktop install

dummy@example.com (reunite_pangaea) — Sat, 13 Jul 2019 02:20:46 +0000

I've been running Devuan in a virtual machine and (depending on some factors) might make it my next operating system.

But it feels like too much is installed when a desktop environment is selected during system installation (LibreOffice being one example).

Is there some option for installing a desktop with fewer applications added in?

Or maybe I should just install the base system first and then manually install what I need.