KDE and too many programs

[Larry Hartman]

Im afraid to say that I am a bit more simplistic, I just edit the entry out of 
my program menu!  if i find out later I need it--well it is still there.

Larry
Kubuntu in Edgy

On Wednesday 22 November 2006 03:10, O. Sinclair wrote:
> Tez wrote:
> > O. Sinclair wrote:
> >> O. Sinclair wrote:
> >>> O. Sinclair wrote:
> >>>> Rob Blomquist wrote:
> >>>>> I usually don't take the time to install KDE the way I want, but now
> >>>>> I am getting very interested in paring down all those programs to the
> >>>>> ones I want and need, and those I don't.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> A big part of the problem are the metapackages and how they control
> >>>>> the need for all the tools.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Are metapackages safe to remove? Then customize the package choice as
> >>>>> I wish, while paying, of course, close attention to the dependancies
> >>>>> involved? Ubuntu seems to act as if they are crucial to the upgrades
> >>>>> being handled properly.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Rob
> >>>>
> >>>> am looking forward to more tech-savvy replies to this than I can give
> >>>> you. All I know is that I to some extent consider it a pain in the
> >>>> .... that I can not remove bluetooth that I have no use for
> >>>> whatsoever, nor can I completely remove the new Kpowerguidance,
> >>>> without breaking kde-desktop and a whole bunch of useful/necessary
> >>>> applications, such as System Settings.
> >>>>
> >>>> I don't know why our dear KDE/Kubuntu developers insist on some of
> >>>> these apps being so necessary that you cannot remove them without
> >>>> messing up your system. To my knowledge extremely few desktops and not
> >>>> all laptops (far from) are sold with bluetooth.
> >>>>
> >>>> Sinclair
> >>>
> >>> I see I wrote kde-desktop, I do mean kubuntu-desktop of course.
> >>>
> >>> Sinclair
> >>
> >> I see that I stand to correct my earlier rantings. It is possible to get
> >> rid of bluetooth - but not the new Powermanager (kde-powerguidance). It
> >> breaks the whole "guidance" - many of the System Settings disappear.
> >>
> >> And since I don't like the new Powermanager I don't like this
> >> connection. Am considering reverting back to Dapper actually (not only
> >> cause of that, other nuisances with Edgy as well).
> >>
> >> Sinclair
> >
> > At least you have that choice in Linux, if you were in the 'other' OS
> > and didn't like a feature then you'd be stuck.
> >
> > Linux, it's whatever you want it to be.
> >
> > Tez
>
> Which is exactly why it irritates me that Edgy seems to give me fewer
> choices than Dapper...
>
> Sinclair