updatedb-question

[Derek Broughton]

albi at scii.nl wrote:

> 
> hi,
> 
> a running updatedb is quite annoying on older machines, and none of my
> users ever uses locate
> 
> but if i want to remove slocate then ubuntu-desktop also is selected for
> deletion
> 
> does someone have a nice solution for this ?
> 
Sure.  Remove slocate.  You don't need ubuntu-desktop.

Now, if someone would just explain how I can get the d**ned gnome-centric
launchpad stuff off my kubuntu system without breaking everything.
-- 
derek