Re: [Trisquel-users] How to uninstall default windows manager (Trisquel-mini)

[hadipeyrow]

Your answer was very accurate, You are right...
I found the solution.
Thank you so much

Re: [Trisquel-users] How to uninstall default windows manager (Trisquel-mini)

[onpon4]

No, not in addition, instead. MATE is found only in the regular version of  
Trisquel, not in Trisquel-Mini.


> The question came to me about why the default desktop will not be deleted.

Are you talking about the Trisquel-Mini entry in the display manager (login  
screen)? If you're still seeing that, it would be because you haven't removed  
the package that provides it.


What do you get with this command?

aptitude search "~i trisquel"

> Given that Trisquel is a completely free operating system, so I must have  
the right to remove softwares that I don't need them.


Please don't insinuate that Trisquel is forcing you to keep packages  
installed. It doesn't have the power to do that, nor does it try to. If you  
still see something you have no use for, that's just because you haven't  
removed the package that provides it.


If you're so concerned about having an environment with no trace of LXDE or  
Trisquel-Mini, you went about your installation the wrong way. Rather than  
installing these things and then hunting down what packages to remove, you  
should have done a net-install and not installed trisquel-mini to begin with.


But nothing is stopping you from hunting down the package that is providing  
whatever it is that you don't need. Or just deleting the files, even.

Re: [Trisquel-users] How to uninstall default windows manager (Trisquel-mini)

[hadipeyrow]

In addition to Mate, Trisquel mini has also openbox and lxde. I've deleted  
these two items before.

The question came to me about why the default desktop will not be deleted.
Given that Trisquel is a completely free operating system, so I must have the  
right to remove softwares that I don't need them.

Re: [Trisquel-users] How to uninstall default windows manager (Trisquel-mini)

[onpon4]

MATE is not the DE of Trisquel-Mini.

Are you trying to remove the window manager of Trisquel Mini? That would be  
OpenBox. Anyway, if you don't see it, there's usually no reason to remove  
something even if you don't need it.

Re: [Trisquel-users] How to uninstall default windows manager (Trisquel-mini)

[hadipeyrow]

I use remove and purge for remove mate.
In lxsession I see Trisquel-mini folder with two files: autostart and  
desktop.conf.

Re: [Trisquel-users] How to uninstall default windows manager (Trisquel-mini)

[threepsion]

Did you just remove mate of did you purge it? If you cd /usr/share/xsessions  
and then ls -la what do you see? On my desktop I have four entries: lxde,  
mate, openbox and razor. I have  Trisquel 8 which came with mate and razor  
and I added the others

Re: [Trisquel-users] How to uninstall default windows manager (Trisquel-mini)

[enduzzer]

If you want to start in text-mode and then start your favourite window  
manager.


'sudo nano /etc/default/grub'
#replace 'splash' with 'text' -->

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="text"

Uncomment this line (remove #)

#GRUB_TERMINAL=console

'sudo update-grub'

Then

'sudo systemctl set-default multi-user.target'

Reboot and you should drop to text prompt. Log in, give password and  
'startx'.

Re: [Trisquel-users] How to uninstall default windows manager (Trisquel-mini)

[hadipeyrow]

Thanks for reply.
Yes, I installed i3wm but default windows manager doesn't remove.

Re: [Trisquel-users] How to uninstall default windows manager (Trisquel-mini)

[threepsion]

I would suggest that you install i3wm first and confirm that all is working  
OK with i3wm, before removing mate. 

[Trisquel-users] How to uninstall default windows manager (Trisquel-mini)

[hadipeyrow]

Hello

I don't need desktop environments, so I removed lxde (I want work only with  
i3wm). but I have no idea to how to remove ((default)) windows manager of  
trisquel mini (mate).


sudo apt-get remove

doesn't work...

do you have any idea?

Thanks.