Re: [gentoo-user] which profile for lxde

[Alexander Kapshuk]

On Fri, Dec 12, 2014 at 5:12 PM, Alexander Kapshuk
<alexander.kapshuk@×××××.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 12, 2014 at 4:34 PM, Harry Putnam <reader@×××××××.com> wrote:
>> During a fresh install when on selects their profile the choices are:
>> (Taken from quickinstall pages:
>>    www.gentoo.org/doc/en/gentoo-x86-quickinstall.xml)
>>
>> Available profile symlink targets:
>>   [1]    default/linux/x86/13.0 *
>>   [2]    default/linux/x86/13.0/desktop
>>   [3]    default/linux/x86/13.0/desktop/gnome
>>   [4]    default/linux/x86/13.0/desktop/kde
>>   [5]    default/linux/x86/13.0/server
>>
>> If this is to be a `personal use' HOST and I eventually want an  LXDE
>> desktop, , which is the smart profile to chose? 2?
>>
>>
>>
>
> Number two should be a safe bet:
> [2]    default/linux/x86/13.0/desktop

You'll also want to enable the USE flags in your
/etc/portage/make.conf that would be appropriate for your desktop
environment, and disable those that our desktop environment doesn't
depend on.
E.g. As an XFCE user I enabled the gtk USE flags and disabled the qt,
gnome, and kde ones:
grep USE /etc/portage/make.conf
# These are the USE flags that were used in addition to what is provided by the
USE="bindist dvd alsa cdr -qt4 gtk gtk3"    #Initial setup
USE="$USE -gnome -kde -minimal dbus jpeg lock session
startup-notification thunar udev X"    #xfce4
USE="$USE -nvidia consolekit pam policykit udisks upower acpi lm_sensors"
USE="$USE java nsplugin pulseaudio"