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| author | Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> | 2016-03-22 23:48:21 +0100 |
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| committer | Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> | 2016-03-23 00:23:12 +0100 |
| commit | d038b674cf3e44462814da70f68522d0e3aab018 (patch) | |
| tree | bc63adcbb30070aa8ec7e588672dc43b50256b98 /doc/guix.texi | |
| parent | d26e19671e2a50a25d37357aba301bef5df1818e (diff) | |
| download | patches-d038b674cf3e44462814da70f68522d0e3aab018.tar patches-d038b674cf3e44462814da70f68522d0e3aab018.tar.gz | |
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.
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/guix.texi')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/guix.texi | 12 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index 913545f1a7..186b8502e2 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -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. |