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John Williams wrote: > On Thu, 2010-05-27 at 08:56 +0100, Neil Winchurst wrote: > > >> I know that I could install, for example, the Gnome version of Mint and >> add Xfce to it. But that is not the same as installing the Xfce version >> straight. As an example, Mint 8 Gnome comes in at 1 Gb. The KDE version >> is 1.1 Gb whereas the Xfce version is 695 Kb. > > By comparison though, if you installed the Gnome version of Mint, added > the XFCE stuff then removed the gnome stuff, it should weight in around > the same 695MB (not Kb ;)) > Thanks for the correction, John. Of course Mb. Since the K and the M keys are near each other on the keyboard I will claim it as a typo!! > Though I would probably remove the Gnome stuff before XFCE as it would > be less likely to cause any dependency probs. Yes, I accept all that. However by waiting for the official Xfce version to come out I am saving myself all that messing around. > > Personally speaking.. I *always* have two different desktops/wm's > installed Gnome as my primary, then also XFCE and Openbox as you ask. If > something happens to one, the other should be good to go with any luck. > So I am not entirely dependant on command line only, I can take my sweet > time fixing it then, instead of having to drop everything to get a > working desktop > I like that idea. With modern HD's being so huge there is plenty of room for two or more versions of Linux to dual boot. I have been using my current desktop for over two years, including several distros on VBox. I still have more than 70% free! Crazy. But how do you keep each one in sync? For example Home and bookmarks on the browser. Or do you use one most of the time and the other distros are there for emergencies only? > The choice of course is your own though :] > > Out of interest though, what is it that Mint does so differently that > installing the restricted-extras and such like can't be done in normal > Ubuntu, I am asking as I havent' run Mint. I know they have there own > Forked main menu based on Slab, which I do not like personally speaking. > Is there much else ? > It is quite recently that I have been looking at Mint. I was given a laptop and I installed Mint 7 Xfce on it. I like it a lot, but I do not have enough experience with either yet (Mint of Xfce) to know which one it is that pleases me. Mint claim that their distro is Ubuntu as it should have been. I will have a chat with you at the next meeting perhaps. Neil -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html