From: jj@franjam.org.uk   
      
   On 2025-12-26, John Ames  wrote:   
   > On 26 Dec 2025 18:38:04 GMT   
   > rbowman  wrote:   
   >   
   >> Theoretically. [...] I never tried it but from some forum posts   
   >> adding a DE and trying to uninstall the original DE doesn't work well.   
   >   
   > Ah, the "odds & ends left lying around" class of problems. I've long   
   > since taken to installing with no GUI components at all and then adding   
   > what I want after the fact, for essentially that reason.   
   >   
      
   Amen to that. My personal setup is lightdm, openbox, the venerable   
   xterm, and lxpanel. Don't use a file manager, as I'm happy with the   
   commandline. Most graphical apps work just install and work fine. But   
   then I'm not too bothered by the "integration" fad (;-), and I've never   
   really understood why all the extra cruft is necessary.   
      
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