[Tfug] stripping the gui in a linux distro

Paul Scott waterhorse at ultrasw.com
Sat Nov 1 13:41:38 MST 2008


Claude Rubinson wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 07:41:49AM -0700, skeptikos wrote:
>   
>> hey, how easy is it to strip the gui in a typical (I know that's a
>> loaded term =) ) linux distro.
>>     
>
>   
>> I've recently realized that I'm just too attached to my fvwm set up
>> to go with any of the distros offering gnome, kde, fluxbox, xfce, or
>> something else, but if I could recreate that part of my
>> environments, my stints with linux might last longer.
>>     
>
> What exactly are you asking?  On Debian proper, it's trivial to run
> without a desktop environment. 
He said without a GUI.  That means no X at all.

Paul Scott






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