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That is an odd default setting.

In most cases, especially ones such as this, I always use --no-install-recommends and then if I am missing anything I try to figure out what it is. If I cannot figure it out I can always remove/purge the package and then turn around and install it again with recommends. So, my answer is YES it is sa...

You can use ps_mem.py to get a good look at memory usage of each program. https://raw.github.com/pixelb/ps_mem/master/ps_mem.py It provides output as such http://img.vivaolinux.com.br/imagens/dicas/comunidade/ps_mem-1.png To install it - open a terminal, su to root and use the following commands: wg...

It says you have held broken packages back. I suspect what it actually means is that you broke it and now you get to fix it. What packages have you installed from testing, unstable, and lmde? My understanding is that all packages are available in Wheezy/main. There's no need to consider any repo oth...

Well I can't read whatever language your output is in so I can't be sure about what is going on. But the problem with mixing repos, which you said you understood, is that package versions matter. It doesn't matter if xyz is available it matters if xyz1.2.3 is available and not xyz1.2.4 or xyz1.3.4 o...

I thought you would be expecting this since you said

c.monty wrote:I'm aware of the risks of installing packages from testing, unstable, etc.

here - http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=110750


what is the output of apt-cache policy samba4

I think Gnome3 is impressive work! Seems to have caught up with the way people use computers nowadays, integrating a users online accounts, social media, and so forth into the interface itself. It isn't anything I really care for, at least the online accounts (dont really have any) and social media ...

...fully full-featured and feature-rich GUIs with everything, including the kitchen sink, and the other half using minimalist WMs, with no happy medium. My happy medium is one of those full-featured and feature-rich GUIs with half the features not being installed or being disabled if installed. It ...

That make sense. Nevertheless, providing supported alternatives the the 'default' is being questioned. Quite strongly, by some. When and if there is a formal decision to provide alternate profiles than the 'default', I will be able to make my decision. No formal anything needs to be made, as long a...

so you have gnome installed, and xfce installed, just so you can have a somewhat functional environment with openbox and tint2.....

actually sounds about par for the course....carry on

3.12 is also available from debian backports for 7.x

And what about those who do not use Openbox? They are the overwhelming majority. It does not make sense to have a default GUI most people do not use. (This from an Openbox user.) DEs are also full-featured and easy to use, which raises the question of whether or not a GUI that requires intermediate...

According to your policy output the lmde version is the installation candidate so you should be good to go. I expect this will end badly though. For your information, a preferences file isn't a fix-all for a cluster fsck of repos. I am not the least bit confident in your preferences configuration ei...

kernel 3.12 should be available from backports

I usually start with
xfdesktop4 xfce4-panel xfce4-mixer xfce4-terminal xfce4-session xfce4-settings xorg alsa-base alsa-utils
without recommends

oh and my favorite icon theme as well

debianluv5 wrote:I am sorry to inform you guys...

Don't be sorry, we dont care...

turboscrew wrote:Any idea which kernel is used in the current testing? Or unstable?

3.12

because it offers a huge collection of building blocks and supports them all

Regardless of what is used by default other choices will be well supported. So I do not consider gnome as a default or systemd as a default to be much of an issue. The same as the current defaults not being much of an issue for those that want something else.

The original post was from October so I suspect the problem was solved or the user gave up.