Nepomuk and Akonadi

[Maximilien Noal]

On 14/11/2012 22:56, Kevin Chadwick wrote:
>> if you really want a completely bloat free xfce then Archlinux +xfce is the
>> way to go ...
>> user has absolute control....
>
> That's totally misleading,

It isn't. Arch's "absolute control" comes from it's KISS principles.

> especially without hacks like dummy packages

What ?! I'm using Arch on several machines since 2 years and I never 
used dummy packages. If I wish to rollback there is the Arch Rollback 
Machine or the AUR.

> if you wish to block packages which aren't supported

What are you talking about ?!

> or avoid the rediculous dependency problem.

What are you talking about ?!

> On arch your actually at upstreams whim

No, you can do wathever you like, even use the Arch Build System to 
provide your own packages. You're way less at upstream's whim than on 
other distros, like Ubuntu.

> but it does give you an empty base to work on, if that's what you
> mean by control?!

Among other things (ABS, KISS, packages separation which makes 
sense...), yes.