On Mon, 28 Dec 2015 14:49:04 -0500
Mitt Green <mitt_green@???> wrote:

> golinux wrote:
>
> >I specifically asked what should be REMOVED from the default xfce
> >desktop
>
> Nothing. Xfce even lack necessary components like pdf viewer and a
> file archiver (xarchiver is not their project right? They had squeeze
> back then but it's no longer maintained now).

This is something I never understood. Why expect your window
manager/desktop environment to give you functionalities? Why not
install them a-la-carte to get the exact system you want?

As a matter of fact, putting functionalities in the wm/de makes it more
likely they'll get entangled with irrelevant stuff like dbus,
PulseAudio, and systemd. I mean, if your wm/de already uses this stuff,
why not incorporate it in your functionality in some silly way, perhaps
to gain a feature nobody even wanted.

I'm a fan of a-la-carte myself.

SteveT

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