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Auteur: Narcis Garcia
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Aan: dng
Onderwerp: Re: [DNG] Gnome?
I'm trying now to make an installation as similar as possible to Gnome.
XFCE is the best option for a Gnome-like theme and behavior?


El 18/09/17 a les 19:45, Steve Litt ha escrit:
> On Mon, 18 Sep 2017 09:02:37 +0200
> Narcis Garcia <informatica@???> wrote:
>
>> Is there some published procedure to install Gnome in Devuan 8/9 ?
>
> Gnome is so tightly would with systemd that it can't be run on Devuan
> with reasonable effort.
>
>> I need this to migrate desktop users from Debian & Ubuntu.
>
> Why in the world would you need Gnome? Copy their home directory, add
> them to /etc/group and /etc/passwd as on the old machine, assign them
> temporary passwords which you give them, and have them change their
> passwords. Set them all up with Xfce, and if they want to migrate to
> LXDE or Openbox or ctwm let them do it themselves.
>
> PS: Do them a favor and incorporate dmenu using an easy hotkey. They'll
> be so thrilled with the quick and easy user interface that they'll
> never miss Gnome.
>
> SteveT
>
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