dep composed on 2018-04-28 09:46 (UTC-0400):

> i believe that xorg is crucial to full enjoyment of the tde experience.

xorg is a meta-package. You should be able to remove it without affecting TDE or
Xorg operation.

Content of the deb's control:
Package: xorg
Version: 1:7.7+1ubuntu8
Architecture: amd64
Maintainer: Ubuntu X-SWAT <ubuntu-x@...>
Installed-Size: 80 <----------------------!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Depends: xserver-xorg (>= 1:7.7+1ubuntu8), libgl1-mesa-glx | libgl1,
libgl1-mesa-dri, libglu1-mesa, xfonts-base (>= 1:1.0.0-1), x11-apps,
x11-session-utils, x11-utils, x11-xfs-utils, x11-xkb-utils, x11-xserver-utils,
xauth, xinit, xfonts-utils, xkb-data, xorg-docs-core, xterm |
x-terminal-emulator, x11-common, xinput
Recommends: xfonts-scalable (>= 1:1.0.0-1)
Suggests: xorg-docs, xfonts-100dpi (>= 1:1.0.0-1), xfonts-75dpi (>= 1:1.0.0-1)
Provides: x-window-system, x-window-system-core
Section: x11
Priority: optional
Description: X.Org X Window System
 This metapackage provides the components for a standalone
 workstation running the X Window System.  It provides the X libraries, an X
 server, a set of fonts, and a group of basic X clients and utilities.
 .
 Higher level metapackages, such as those for desktop environments, can
 depend on this package and simplify their dependencies.
 .
 It should be noted that a package providing x-window-manager should also
 be installed to ensure a comfortable X experience.
Original-Maintainer: Debian X Strike Force <debian-x@...>
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