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On Thu, 2010-05-27 at 08:56 +0100, Neil Winchurst wrote: > I know that I could install, for example, the Gnome version of Mint and > add Xfce to it. But that is not the same as installing the Xfce version > straight. As an example, Mint 8 Gnome comes in at 1 Gb. The KDE version > is 1.1 Gb whereas the Xfce version is 695 Kb. By comparison though, if you installed the Gnome version of Mint, added the XFCE stuff then removed the gnome stuff, it should weight in around the same 695MB (not Kb ;)) Though I would probably remove the Gnome stuff before XFCE as it would be less likely to cause any dependency probs. Personally speaking.. I *always* have two different desktops/wm's installed Gnome as my primary, then also XFCE and Openbox as you ask. If something happens to one, the other should be good to go with any luck. So I am not entirely dependant on command line only, I can take my sweet time fixing it then, instead of having to drop everything to get a working desktop The choice of course is your own though :] Out of interest though, what is it that Mint does so differently that installing the restricted-extras and such like can't be done in normal Ubuntu, I am asking as I havent' run Mint. I know they have there own Forked main menu based on Slab, which I do not like personally speaking. Is there much else ? -- John Williams My linux blog of notes and guides http://subbass.blogspot.com/ -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html