On Thu, 5 May 2016 11:25:09 -0700 Arun Khan wrote: > On Thu, May 5, 2016 at 9:23 AM, Gaurav Pant <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Hi everyone > > > > I would like to know how to completely stop the *apper* utility > > available under KDE. > > > > Also if it is ok to completely remove the same would be fine or > > not. > > > > Have you looked at KDE>Settings>Background Services? See if apper > appears in the list. Also this might be helpful [a]. > > Many moons ago, I tried to get rid of the the underlying package > (packagekit) on openSUSE unsuccessfully. Akonadi, Nepomuk and > Strigi are other annoyances (to me) [b]. > > Desktop Environment (DEs) like KDE and GNOME have put in hard > dependencies on such services. > > You can try alternate DEs (lighter) like fluxbox or lxde. >
Yes KDE 3.x was the best. Then software creep of keeping cpu/gpu/ram occupied started! Mate desktop (basically gnone 2.x) is another alternative. Karunakar ------------------------ Powered by BigRock.com _______________________________________________ plug-mail mailing list [email protected] http://list.plug.org.in/listinfo/plug-mail
