[sf-lug] alternatives to ubuntu?

[Rick Moen]

Quoting Michael Shiloh (michaelshiloh1010 at gmail.com):

> what remains to be seen is whether any of my applications are tied
> too closely to gnome

They're not.  Any GNOME application can run without any DE whatsoever,
in fact.  It's a common misconception.

It's all just dependencies.  If you can furnish the unholy mob of
dependencies a GNOME app requires, then you can run it.