Netbook Remix launcher

[Mario Vukelic]

On Thu, 2009-01-15 at 17:58 +0900, John McCabe-Dansted wrote:
> And evolution-data-server-common is still 8MB when installed. 

8 MB. I happen to believe that Gnome's resources can be spent better
than changing this.

> I don't
> see why I have to remove the gnome-panel to remove this package.

Because some panel applets need it to work, such as the clock or Address
Book Search - integration that is expected from a modern desktop
environment.

> Actually I don't see why apt should ever recommend removing the gnome
> panel, IMHO if it comes to that it should first warn that the package
> is a vital part of the system and am I "very very sure I want to
> continue"?.

Valid point, but a much larger problem. In reality, most users are lost
if they remove Firefox.