| tdrr | Hey. I'd like to switch to KDE Plasma. I installed XFCE first with the default desktop image, but XFCE is... not exactly perfect for my needs. | 01:30 |
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| tdrr | Is there any good way to get rid of the XFCE programs and switch relatively cleanly to KDE without a full distro reinstall? | 01:31 |
| gnarface | tdrr: yes, though it might take a few steps to clean up the mess | 01:33 |
| tdrr | I'll gladly take that if the result is good. | 01:34 |
| gnarface | well, try installing "task-kde-desktop" for starters, but you might need to manually switch to it to stop xfce from being used, and then remove unused xfce packages afterwards | 01:34 |
| gnarface | this isn't a super difficult task usually, but it should go without saying that if this system is something important you should have a full backup first | 01:35 |
| tdrr | If I remove task-xfce-desktop, will the rest just be kept as unneeded packages for autoremove? | 01:35 |
| gnarface | i don't know honestly, depends on a lot of factors. feel free to try it, but keep in mind you may be left with only a text prompt | 01:36 |
| gnarface | if they don't autoremove, most the xfce packages have "xfce" in the actual name, so you can just run: dpkg -l |grep xfce | 01:36 |
| tdrr | I see. Worth a shot then, thanks. | 01:37 |
| gnarface | this one i think though, might be useful without xfce, so you might want to keep it: gtk2-engines-xfce | 01:37 |
| tdrr | Got it. | 01:37 |
| gnarface | it shouldn't be necessary to actually remove xfce to use kde though | 01:38 |
| gnarface | i don't think, anyway | 01:38 |
| gnarface | if you have enough disk space it should be possible to completely switch to kde to try it without removing xfce first | 01:38 |
| tdrr | I know it isn't (I actually had both when I was using Slackware some time ago), but I have no use for the XFCE apps once I have the KDE ones. | 01:39 |
| gnarface | fair enough | 01:39 |
| gnarface | i should have told him to stay connected... | 01:45 |
| onefang | al1r4d: You asked me that while I was sleeping. I've just started back from weekend mode, lots of the usual stuff to take care of before I start looking for the new server rental. | 03:45 |
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