Tips for someone wanting to try no DE

Hey everyone so I just got a fresh arch install a few weeks back on a new laptop and have been using Gnome 3 and have finally gotten to the point that I'm done with it. I'm way too attached to simplicity to handle all the pointless eyecandy. I was looking to try just a basic no DE setup but I've had trouble living with no X before (elinks doesn't support facebook for example EDIT: facebook doesn't support elinks the order of that is important ) I have no trouble using the command line and would say im more comfortable going to say nano rather than something bigger like gedit. Anyways I'd love to get some tips and suggestions for applications etc that are important. For example if im going the no DE route I would love to get terminal emulator with tab support. Any input would be appreciated!
Last edited by omega1226 (2011-04-18 23:47:37)

omega1226 wrote:Hey everyone so I just got a fresh arch install a few weeks back on a new laptop and have been using Gnome 3 and have finally gotten to the point that I'm done with it. I'm way too attached to simplicity to handle all the pointless eyecandy. I was looking to try just a basic no DE setup but I've had trouble living with no X before (elinks doesn't support facebook for example EDIT: facebook doesn't support elinks the order of that is important ) I have no trouble using the command line and would say im more comfortable going to say nano rather than something bigger like gedit. Anyways I'd love to get some tips and suggestions for applications etc that are important. For example if im going the no DE route I would love to get terminal emulator with tab support. Any input would be appreciated!
I went the DE-less route as well, and it's been a lot of fun getting down and dirty with the desktop.
If you're wondering what packages to install, decide what kind of work you mostly do on your computer, and then take a look at the wiki page anonymous_user linked to. The lightweight applications page on the Arch wiki helped me a lot in deciding what kind of packages to install. As Inxsible already said, no one can really tell you what to install; that's the beauty of a DE-less setup.
Maybe you're looking for examples as an inspiration? My own setup consists of a tiling wm (subtle) and some programming tools. I do some web development work, so having a tilling wm where you can see your code and the page side by side is very efficient.
Anyway, I'd say you should consider using a tiling WM if you like going to the cli alot. Most of them are very light and simple and seem to be the favorite of minimalist Archers. That might be better, depending on your preferences, than having a tabbed interface for the cli.
When setting up your own "desktop environment" (ie not using GNOME, KDE, etc), keep in my mind that some of the applications you use might require specific permission setups to run. Look at ConsoleKit to see what I mean.

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