Re: [tlug] Removing CUPS from ubuntu

[Jean-Christian Imbeault <jc.imbeault@example.com>]

Thanks to all for the very instructive posts, as always.

I've decided to tempt fate and remove the unbuntu-desktop package so I
can do away with CUPS and a few other packages (e.g. Bluetooth) that I
will never use. My laptop is getting on in years (it just had it's
inverter go :) and I'd like to improve performance just a tad.

I figure when the next big Ubuntu release comes that needs
Ubuntu-desktop I will have graduated to a better laptop.

Jc

On Sun, Sep 26, 2010 at 6:28 PM, Darren Cook <darren@example.com> wrote:
>> On the other hand, I know of many people I consider veritable Unixgods
>> (I can think of 4 of them on this list) who have switched to Ubuntu,
>> because as they age, it's less fun to configure a system, and they want
>> to just throw something on and have it work.
>
> Except for the Unix God bit, that describes me. Almost everything just
> works (dell notebook wireless card is proving stubborn though) and
> googling for solutions is usually successful.
>
> When I try to delete stuff I just stop when the ubuntu-desktop
> dependency comes up, or get a whole list of other packages that need to
> be deleted. (E.g. I install thunderbird and want to uninstall evolution,
> but I can only do away with half of it, as some bits are wrapped around
> Ubuntu's heart.)
>
>>> 2. How do I remove CUPS without removing ubuntu-desktop
>
> If you care you probably don't want me to using ubuntu (which I think is
> the conclusion you've already come to).
>
> Darren
>
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