Nothing bad about KDE, I switched between it and Gnome while using the Gentoo box as a desktop machine, but I’m uninstalling all graphical elements from the machine. It’s going to be just a headless server.
I think Xorg is easier to get rid of than the old XFree86, best not to have it on there. I this box is internet facing, you might want to remove the compilers, rootkits tend to depend on those.
I think I compile things with kde in gentoo, but I’ve yet to put the actual wm on. I’m still building the machine, but it’s gonna run mythtv so all I really need is x.org and QT.
I don’t know why KDE is so popular – every time I’ve used it I’ve found myself switching straight back to either Gnome or, if the fancy takes me, something more minimalist such as pekWM.
dusty | October 14th, 2004 @ 10:59 pm |
Did you just not use it any?
ben | October 14th, 2004 @ 11:01 pm |
Oddly enough, more distros are starting to leave Gnome packages out of their packages.
(I always liked gnome better)
Matt | October 14th, 2004 @ 11:03 pm |
Nothing bad about KDE, I switched between it and Gnome while using the Gentoo box as a desktop machine, but I’m uninstalling all graphical elements from the machine. It’s going to be just a headless server.
Kitten | October 15th, 2004 @ 5:10 am |
I think Xorg is easier to get rid of than the old XFree86, best not to have it on there. I this box is internet facing, you might want to remove the compilers, rootkits tend to depend on those.
Eli Sarver | October 15th, 2004 @ 5:58 am |
I think I compile things with kde in gentoo, but I’ve yet to put the actual wm on. I’m still building the machine, but it’s gonna run mythtv so all I really need is x.org and QT.
rob | October 17th, 2004 @ 1:02 pm |
I don’t know why KDE is so popular – every time I’ve used it I’ve found myself switching straight back to either Gnome or, if the fancy takes me, something more minimalist such as pekWM.