Nepomuk and Akonadi

Damian Ivanov damianatorrpm at gmail.com
Thu Nov 15 10:49:42 CET 2012


Hi Neil,

You Nepomuk, Akonadi & friends can be easily turned off?

2012/11/15 Neil Winchurst <neilwin at drofle.co.uk>:
> On 14/11/12 19:24, Greg Folkert wrote:
>> I run Debian SID, I have GNOME, KDE, LXDE, OpenBox, XFCE, WindowMaker
>> and a couple of others installed on my desktop and laptop machines.
>>
>> I can at login, select *ANY* of these desktops when I login. XFCE
>> happens to be my default. I only run a couple of GNOME programs...
>> (Evolution and Pidgin as I can't be asked to move to something else).
>>
>> You also must realize, that with Ubuntu, you don't have to "REINSTALL"
>> to get a different desktop... you just have to add the packages you need
>> to get the Desktop you want.
>>
>> Same goes for most every Desktop Linux out there, unless they are
>> dedicated to one and ONE *ONLY*.
>>
>> Please remember, just because you want a different interface, Linux as a
>> whole does not need to be re-installed. Just install the pertinent
>> packages.
>>
> Yes, I do understand that. However I prefer to do a brand new install
> when I feel that it is time. My current distro is Mint 10 KDE which is
> no longer supported. At the same time I have decided to move away from
> KDE since it seems to be too bloated for me. I have looked at several
> desktop managers via VBox including Cinnamon and Mate. I already know
> Xfce quite well, as the two laptops here (wife's and daughter's) are
> using it.
>
> So I have concentrated on Xfce for my recent researches. And I have
> finally chosen Mint Maya Xfce as the way to go. Though I also like Xubuntu.
>
> In the past I have had several different desktops set up on top of the
> one kernel, as you mention, and have often chosen a different one at
> each login. I have also tried dual booting with two different distros
> installed.
>
> The thing I like about Linux is the variety of choice available. This
> time I have chosen to start from scratch with a brand new installation.
> Next time, who knows?
>
> Thanks
>
> Neil
>
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