Hello community
Have been doing some research and I have installed , with success, mate desktop with lightdm, fully working 32 and 64 bits drivers (I needed openGL 32bits for games on steam such as Dota2, TF2, CS:GO, …) So, what I want to test is removing gnome desktop to stay iceWM, MATE and TWM ( I guess is what I have now ).
/usr/share/xsessions dir:
share/xsessions% ls
gnome.desktop icewm.desktop mate.desktop twm.desktop
and this is my config of windowmanager:
/etc/sysconfig% cat windowmanager
## Type: string
## Default:
## Path: Desktop
## Description: default mouse cursor theme
#
# Name of mouse cursor theme for X11. Possible themes can be found
# in /usr/share/icons/
#
X_MOUSE_CURSOR="DMZ"
## Path: Desktop/Window manager
## Description:
## Type: string(gnome,kde4,kde,lxde,xfce,twm,icewm)
## Default: kde4
## Config: profiles,kde,susewm
#
# Here you can set the default window manager (kde, fvwm, ...)
# changes here require at least a re-login
DEFAULT_WM="mate-session"
## Type: yesno
## Default: yes
#
# install the SuSE extension for new users
# (theme and additional functions)
#
INSTALL_DESKTOP_EXTENSIONS="yes"
/etc/sysconfig%
and my displaymanger config:
/etc/sysconfig% cat displaymanager
## Path: Desktop/Display manager
## Type: string(Xorg)
## Default: "Xorg"
#
DISPLAYMANAGER_XSERVER="Xorg"
## Path: Desktop/Display manager
## Description: settings to generate a proper displaymanager config
## Type: string(kdm,xdm,gdm,wdm,entrance,console,lightdm,sddm)
## Default: ""
#
# Here you can set the default Display manager (kdm/xdm/gdm/wdm/entrance/console).
# all changes in this file require a restart of the displaymanager
#
DISPLAYMANAGER="lightdm"
## Type: yesno
## Default: no
#
# Allow remote access (XDMCP) to your display manager (xdm/kdm/gdm). Please note
# that a modified kdm or xdm configuration, e.g. by KDE control center
# will not be changed. For gdm, values will be updated after change.
# XDMCP service should run only on trusted networks and you have to disable
# firewall for interfaces, where you want to provide this service.
#
DISPLAYMANAGER_REMOTE_ACCESS="yes"
## Type: yesno
## Default: no
#
# Allow remote access of the user root to your display manager. Note
# that root can never login if DISPLAYMANAGER_SHUTDOWN is "auto" and
# System/Security/Permissions/PERMISSION_SECURITY is "paranoid"
#
DISPLAYMANAGER_ROOT_LOGIN_REMOTE="yes"
## Type: yesno
## Default: yes
#
# Let the displaymanager start a local Xserver.
# Set to "no" for remote-access only.
# Set to "no" on architectures without any Xserver (e.g. s390/s390x).
#
DISPLAYMANAGER_STARTS_XSERVER="yes"
## Type: yesno
## Default: no
#
# TCP port 6000 of Xserver. When set to "no" (default) Xserver is
# started with "-nolisten tcp". Only set this to "yes" if you really
# need to. Remote X service should run only on trusted networks and
# you have to disable firewall for interfaces, where you want to
# provide this service. Use ssh X11 port forwarding whenever possible.
#
DISPLAYMANAGER_XSERVER_TCP_PORT_6000_OPEN="no"
## Type: string
## Default:
#
# Define the user whom should get logged in without request. If string
# is empty, display standard login dialog.
#
DISPLAYMANAGER_AUTOLOGIN=""
## Type: yesno
## Default: no
#
# Allow all users to login without password, but ask for the user, if
# DISPLAYMANAGER_AUTOLOGIN is empty.
#
DISPLAYMANAGER_PASSWORD_LESS_LOGIN="no"
## Type: yesno
## Default: no
#
# Display a combobox for Active Directory domains.
#
DISPLAYMANAGER_AD_INTEGRATION="no"
## Type: list(root,all,none,auto)
## Default: auto
#
# Determine who will be able to shutdown or reboot the system in kdm. Valid
# values are: "root" (only root can shutdown), "all" (everybody can shutdown),
# "none" (nobody can shutdown from displaymanager), "auto" (follow
# System/Security/Permissions/PERMISSION_SECURITY to decide: "easy local" is
# equal to "all", everything else is equal to "root"). gdm respects the
# PolicyKit settings for ConsoleKit. Shutdown configuration can be done via
# the polkit-default-privs mechanism.
#
DISPLAYMANAGER_SHUTDOWN="auto"
So, it is safe to uninstall any gnome package like: gnome-core or gnome-session ? Can I use any other software like: gnome-disk-utility on mate? I find some software with “gnome” on it saying is for gnome, but can I run that on other desktop like KDE? I have amarok and it runs here very well on mate. But the disks utility (gnome-disk-utility) have not the same “window layout” like the other software for mate.
I need to clear this ideas in order to make a move to remove gnome, and maybe installing KDE just for fun (but MATE for work stuff).
Oh almost forgot. I have this issue when I open some software that was “maximized” before closing:
http://i.imgur.com/mnsVqS2.png
And now I just drag the tab to the middle of the screen or just click “restore” and maximize then it backs to normal:
http://i.imgur.com/K2BeS9g.png
But is kind of boring doing always this.
This is gnome-disk-utility (i did now on a VM) check the layout:
http://i.imgur.com/itBOfct.png