[Tfug] stripping the gui in a linux distro

[Michael J. Emswiler]

Install whatever distro you like with whatever default GUI it comes with.

Then google on that distro and version number and "runlevel 3"

What you want to do is simply change your default runlevel to 3, which 
will prevent the GUI from automatically starting.  Then you can start it 
manually with startx (usually, though some distros may vary.)

To do this in OpenSuse through the Yast interface:

yast->system->runlevel editor->expert mode
there under were you select the simple and expertmode is an option to 
set the runlevel after booting.

Thanks,
MikeE

skeptikos wrote:
>
>> Does that seem like it would meet your needs?
>>
> sounds exactly like what I need. Sorry, I'm not familiar enough with 
> the linux distros. I assumed most of the most popular ones were bound 
> to some desktop environment, so the question was whether this could be 
> dismantled. Knowing that the install could be made without all of that 
> is sufficient. Ever try running KDE w/ fvwm as your window manager? 
> That's a strange combination.
>
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