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authorLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2016-03-22 23:48:21 +0100
committerLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2016-03-23 00:23:12 +0100
commitd038b674cf3e44462814da70f68522d0e3aab018 (patch)
treebc63adcbb30070aa8ec7e588672dc43b50256b98 /doc
parentd26e19671e2a50a25d37357aba301bef5df1818e (diff)
doc: Add "lightweight desktop" OS config example.
* gnu/system/examples/desktop.tmpl (packages): Remove XFCE and RATPOISON. (services): Add 'gnome-desktop-service' and 'xfce-desktop-service'. * gnu/system/examples/lightweight-desktop.tmpl: New file. * Makefile.am (EXAMPLES): Add it. * doc.am (OS_CONFIG_EXAMPLES_TEXI): Add doc/os-config-lightweight-desktop.texi. * gnu/system/install.scm (/etc/configuration-files)[directory]: Add lightweight-desktop.tmpl.
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@@ -6218,13 +6218,21 @@ to create a new configuration which has the same values as the old
configuration, but with a few modifications.
The configuration for a typical ``desktop'' usage, with the X11 display
-server, a desktop environment, network management, power management, and
-more, would look like this:
+server, GNOME and Xfce (users can choose which of these desktop
+environments to use at the log-in screen by pressing @kbd{F1}), network
+management, power management, and more, would look like this:
@lisp
@include os-config-desktop.texi
@end lisp
+A graphical environment with a choice of lightweight window managers
+instead of full-blown desktop environments would look like this:
+
+@lisp
+@include os-config-lightweight-desktop.texi
+@end lisp
+
@xref{Desktop Services}, for the exact list of services provided by
@var{%desktop-services}. @xref{X.509 Certificates}, for background
information about the @code{nss-certs} package that is used here.