On 2018-02-19 11:30, William Morder wrote:
> 
> 
> On Sunday 18 February 2018 23:23:38 Brian Durant wrote:
>> On February 19, 2018 7:45:45 AM GMT+01:00, Thierry de Coulon
> <tcoulon@...> wrote:
>>> On Sunday 18 February 2018 14.41:01 William Morder wrote:
>>>> I've been trying out TDE off and on since the project started; ever
>>>
>>> since
>>>
>>>> they killed KDE3, and I looked around for something as usable and
>>>
>>> practical
>>>
>>>> as the KDE3x desktop (which I first used on PC Linux, and later on
>>>
>>> Ubuntu
>>>
>>>> Hardy 8.04).
>>>
>>> (...)
>>>
>>>> In other words, it was the KDE desktop environment, and the default
>>>> settings therein, which were interfering with the smooth operation of
>>>
>>> TDE.
>>>
>>> This could be a *buntu problem. I am running TDE on various Debian
>>> based
>>> distributions as well as openSUSE, *with* KDE 4/5 apps (mostly
>>> kdenlive) and
>>> no such problem.
>>
>> All of these problems could of course be avoided, regardless of distro, by
>> installing a base, mini, server (or whatever it is called) version. After
>> that, you just add the Trinity repos to the list that your distribution
>> uses.
>>
>>> (...)
>>>
>>>> Bill
>>>
>>> Thierry
>>
>> Brian
>>
> 
> This sounds like it could be a useful suggestion; do a minimal installation,
> then add the Trinity repositories.
> 
> Bill

Here is my personal check list to make sure that useful items get added 
to a minimal install:

$ sudo apt-get install clipit axel aria2 aspell-da audacity ripperx 
xarchiver desktop-base clipit cups gtkorphan gdebi pulseaudio 
pavucontrol pepperflash wicd synaptic xcfa xorg

I use Devuan Jessie, which doesn't use systemd. The "desktop-base" 
package are some Devuan goodies.

Hope the list helps.

Brian