On Monday 19 February 2018 10:03:11 deloptes wrote: > Brian Durant wrote: > > 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 > > Ok, but this is according your preferences. From what you have listed I > need to post-install only pavucontrol. The rest is pulled via the > dependencies. > > I must admit I have never installed some kind of desktop before installing > TDE. > > regards > > Ultra-minimalist installation! Yes, I believe that this is the true path: don't install other DEs; use TDE exclusively. My problem, though, has been that I need to have some kind of working system, with a usable DE; then I can fiddle with experimental configurations on the side. I used to have a partition with a stable, working OS, usually running KDE3 or TDE, when possible, while on a separate partition I would experiment and learn. Now that somebody gave me an old laptop (Sony Vaio), I can try to create a system that runs only TDE from the start. But then you must start out running everything from a shell, am I right? because you don't yet have TDE installed? Sort of like Puppy Linux or one of those distros? My other trick has been to save all the downloaded pkgs, figure out which ones play well together, save them somewhere in some kind of order, then run sudo dpkg -i -E -G /media/<wherever>/*.deb After that, I just run sudo torify apt-get -f install to correct any missing dependencies; and of course add those pkgs to the pool of working pkgs. Bill > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > trinity-users-unsubscribe@... For additional > commands, e-mail: trinity-users-help@... Read list > messages on the web archive: http://trinity-users.pearsoncomputing.net/ > Please remember not to top-post: > http://trinity.pearsoncomputing.net/mailing_lists/#top-posting