Base Install with XFCE

DennisD · March 17, 2015, 03:18:54 PM

Great Distro guys. Ever thought of producing a Base install featuring XFCE? I am thinking something along the lines of XFCE (along with the sparky-specific apps), text editor and a web browser.

I can't be the only one who spent several hours removing all the programs that I did not need. :)

pavroo · March 17, 2015, 05:39:11 PM

There is a faster way: install base edition and add xfce after.

The Black Pig · March 17, 2015, 05:52:38 PM

Have a look at LXQT , very similar to XFCE but lightweight so you can add what you want

DennisD · March 17, 2015, 07:34:52 PM

Quote from: pavroo on March 17, 2015, 05:39:11 PM
There is a faster way: install base edition and add xfce after.

So would you suggest the Base install with JWM to achieve this? Then just remove JWM once XFCE is installed?

Thanks,

Dennis

pavroo · March 17, 2015, 08:05:53 PM

Yes, install JWM or Openbox spin, then install xfce, then remove jwm/openbox, pcmanfm, lxpolkit, tint2, nitrogen, lxterminal to clean it up.

DennisD · March 17, 2015, 08:14:50 PM

Quote from: pavroo on March 17, 2015, 08:05:53 PM
Yes, install JWM or Openbox spin, then install xfce, then remove jwm/openbox, pcmanfm, lxpolkit, tint2, nitrogen, lxterminal to clean it up.

Great. Thanks for the advice. I will give it a shot.

MoroS · March 18, 2015, 11:45:12 PM

Should work nicely. I'm using the exact configuration right now: first installed the OpenBox edition, then installed the xfce4 and xfce4-goodies packages and removed the openbox package.

DennisD · March 19, 2015, 02:30:20 AM

This worked beautifully. I downloaded the JWM version, added XFCE (and a few others), and removed JWM (along with pcmanfm, lxpolkit, nitrogen, lxterminal and a few others). I think the result is a light, clean system but still visually appealing...

I know...its minty, but a hell of alot lighter!

thanks to all for the help