[Tfug] stripping the gui in a linux distro

[Claude Rubinson]

On Sat, Nov 01, 2008 at 01:41:38PM -0700, Paul Scott wrote:
> Claude Rubinson wrote:
>> On Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 07:41:49AM -0700, skeptikos wrote:
>>   
>>> hey, how easy is it to strip the gui in a typical (I know that's a
>>> loaded term =) ) linux distro.
>>>     
>>
>>   
>>> I've recently realized that I'm just too attached to my fvwm set up
>>> to go with any of the distros offering gnome, kde, fluxbox, xfce, or
>>> something else, but if I could recreate that part of my
>>> environments, my stints with linux might last longer.
>>>     
>>
>> What exactly are you asking?  On Debian proper, it's trivial to run
>> without a desktop environment. 
> He said without a GUI.  That means no X at all.

What was said does not necessarily equal what was meant.  "I'm just
too attached to my fvwm setup" doesn't sound like somebody who doesn't
want to run X.  Hence the request for clarification.

C.