I have been using Windows xp in my PC. I tried Suse earlier but gave up. Since XP support is going away I wan to use Linux. I installed 13.1 Gnome and found it’s not my cup of tea. After going thru wiki’s installed Cinnamon DE but it isn’t much responsive either. Then went ahead and installed XFCE and it’s working snappier. I would like to keep it.
I would like to have a clean install of Opensuse XFCE but running low on Internet bandwidth/limit.
Is it possible to have a clean install using packages from existing installation? May be using Netinstall ISO?
A net-install upgrade will probably not delete the Gnome related packages you have installed. If bandwidth limit is an issue but you have sufficient space on disk why not just leave them in place? When you start XFCE only the necessary Gnome packages will be loaded. All the XFCE components should run like a clean DE installation.
I do not use XFCE but if disk space is an issue you could mark Gnome DE packages for removal in Yast2-software management-patterns then open the XFCE pattern listing and select ‘keep’ for any of the Gnome DE packages that appear in XFCE list as needed. Probably best to keep the Gnome base packages.
Not really. At least, not if I understand you correctly.
So did you initially install with the net install iso ?
Downloading the DVD is usually a smart move, as it has all the packages to get you running nicely and once you have it, it doesn’t need the internet to perform a install.
To keep net data movement to a minimum after install. Just install security patches rather than all the application updates.
Thanks for the suggestions. In our part of world downloading full DVD on a 512 kbps connection takes ages. Actually I was looking for a fresh install on the other hard disk using Netinstall iso and packages from the current install. May be I should continue to use the current system as is.
It is not easy to use net-install to install packages from the previous installation. You could clone it but that is not what you want. If your XFCE DE is running well (it must be, you are talking to us) why not wait while you do some reading in the excellent support sections of this site and build up your experience? Documentation is always a good place to start.
You have to try it if you will like or not, it is for you to asses if it will pass your taste.
If you are a kde user just add xfce and boot and play with it.
Edit:
I am a big kde fan but for my job xfce satisfies my need that is why it is my main DE.
> I just heard that its a bit more light weight…but okay, KDE seems
> okay…
Way more.
On 2013-12-04 14:36, happy21 wrote:
> Well, its good to use XFCE. I would try it some free day. But still its
> a part of KDE (what I think) because it uses the parts of that only…
No, XFCE is not a part of KDE. As a matter of fact, it uses GTK
libraries and some parts from Gnome.
There are several desktops in Linux, and you can install them all. One
day you use one, another the next. Each user can use a different one if
they like. Or a different language. Linux is really multiuser.
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Cheers / Saludos,
Carlos E. R.
(from 12.3 x86_64 “Dartmouth” at Telcontar)
On 2013-12-05 06:26, conram wrote:
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>> No, XFCE is not a part of KDE. As a matter of fact, it uses GTK
>> libraries and some parts from Gnome.
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> But I like to use some KDE stuffs than Gnome in Xfce;)
Of course, and me too.
I use XFCE since Gnome took a different road than simplicity and
departed from its traditional look.
But I still use several applications from KDE (k3b, lokalize…) and
others from gnome (banshee…)
But I hear that gnome is taking a route now to impede other desktops to
use some of their tools without using the full desktop. Nasty.
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Cheers / Saludos,
Carlos E. R.
(from 12.3 x86_64 “Dartmouth” at Telcontar)
Thanks lot everybody for suggestions !!! You people are tempting me to try KDE. Will my Intel core2duo PC with only integrated graphics be able to handle KDE without problems?
