Gnome required?

[Arthur Pemberton]

On 3/6/07, Rahul Sundaram <sundaram at fedoraproject.org> wrote:
> Arthur Pemberton wrote:
> > On 3/6/07, Terry Polzin <foxec208 at wowway.com> wrote:
> >> I install F7T2  specifically selecting no GNOME.  What happens when I
> >> log in
> >> GNOME starts?  I try to remove GNOME via yum group remove and it wants to
> >> remove openoffice and other things I want.
> >>
> >> Why all the GNOME baggage?
> >
> > I know what you mean dude. I'm not sure how other distros handle it -
> > but Fedora seems to be unable to function (with a DE) without gnome.
>
> Not true.  Again find out what is causing the dependency and file bug
> reports instead. It is clearly possible to install Fedora without a
> graphical environment.

Yes, of course that is possible. That is why I stated that with a
graphical environment and desktop environment, it may very well be
currently impossible to _not_ have gnome apps.


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