mandag den 12. november 2018 kl. 01.03.18 UTC+1 skrev unman: > On Sun, Nov 11, 2018 at 09:54:08AM -0800, aaq via qubes-users wrote: > > søndag den 11. november 2018 kl. 17.17.27 UTC+1 skrev a...@it-minds.dk: > > > Hello everybody! > > > > > > I wanted to try out KDE with Qubes 4, but found that it was simply too > > > much compared to my needs. > > > > > > Unfortunately, removing KDE again isn't as simple as installing it. My > > > biggest issues is that it hijacked some core components across the > > > system, even though I am not using KDE (such as the notification frontend > > > among other things). > > > > > > I found an old thread where Marmarek suggested using `dnf mark install` > > > on the packages that dnf wrongly tries to remove, but dnf remains way too > > > aggressive in what it wants to remove. > > > > > > Basically dnf wants to remove everything X related, not only the KDE > > > stuff installed. > > > > > > If anybody knows any way of reverting and purging KDE completely, I would > > > be eternally grateful! > > > > > > Otherwise I might just have to backup all my stuff and go for a reinstall > > > :( > > > > > > Thanks in advance! > > > > > > PS: Lesson has been learned.. don't mindlessly install unncessary things. > > > Thanks. > > > > So.. > > > > I ended up deleting most of the packages (if not all) by hand. > > Unfortunately, my system is in a limbo mode right now. The notification > > front end still looks weird (in dom0), and my lightdm is presented with a > > black background. Other than that, my system works fine. > > Kind of annoying in this state, but works. My OCD is just getting the best > > of me :) > > > > It would be nice with some comments in the documentation on the website > > about KDE being hard to revert from, or at least some specific instructions > > on how to revert. I would be more than happy to contribute with that, but I > > am going to need some help with the steps needed. > > > > Hope someone will chime in! > > The simplest way to remove (most of) KDE is, I think: > dnf remove kdelibs,plasma-workspace > > Removing those packages pulls out those that depend on them while > leaving Xfce (and X) untouched. > > Though why you would want to remove Plasma? So easy to configure and > customize, and really enhances Qubes experience. > > unman
Honestly I completely agree. If I was to use a DE I would definitely prefer KDE or GNOME over XFCE (I sincerely hate XFCE, loose opinion held strongly). I am however an avid user of i3, and since most of my stuff is opened and configured through templatevm/standalonevm, I don't really have a particular need for a heavy dom0 DE. My machine only has 8 gb of RAM, and so far that is more enough for my usage, but I fear if I bloat dom0 too much, that I might end up having some issues.. My biggest issue right now is, that after I installed KDE and logged in to Plasma, it didn't correctly override all the XFCE/gtk stuff. So my machine was in a state where it started up some things from kde and some stuff from xfce. That was obviously completely unwanted behavior.. If you have some guidelines though, as to how I can switch off xfce stuff and turn completely to the dark side, I mean KDE, then I would appreciate your time. Thank you! Regards! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to qubes-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to qubes-users@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qubes-users/9f551631-973e-4816-8907-eaf574b377be%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
