X with no KDE
Dave Feustel
dfeustel at mindspring.com
Tue Dec 30 14:51:58 UTC 2008
On Tue, Dec 30, 2008 at 09:46:38AM -0500, Steven W. Orr wrote:
> On Monday, Dec 29th 2008 at 23:21 -0000, quoth Dave Feustel:
>
> =>Is it possible to run X with no KDE software installed?
> =>If yes, how would the KDE software be deleted?
> =>(And how would it be restored if I changed my mind?)
>
> Sure! A quick look at things in the Everything directory that have the
> magic letter "wm" in them shows twm, fvwm, icewm, pekwm, wmx and after
> that I'm sure there are more that don't have wm in theiur names ;-)
>
> You're welcome to delete as many packages as you like and then reinstall
> them later on, but first a few basic questions need to be asked:
>
> Why are you deleting them?
I'm doing an experiment to see if removing KDE files reduces the number
of incidences of apparent security exploits ocurring on my system.
>Is it to see how much space you can save? How
> many packages you can delete? Your better bet would be to use rpm to
> answer the questions about dependancies to first get an idea of what
> you're trying to do.
What's a good place to read up on how RPM works?
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