dep composed on 2018-05-18 20:22 (UTC-0400):
of course, ubuntu *did install a load of crap, lest anyone ever look at a plain text screen. i had forgotten that three-quarters of a ubuntu install is unconfiguring splash screens and getting rid of crap alternative desktops.
goin back in. pray for me.
Did your upgrade omit both
base-installer/install-recommends=false and
APT::Install-Recommends "false";
???
What reason is there for a TDE user to install it on top of paternalistic Blingbuntu instead of a straight no-frills minimal Debian anyway?
I can't remember ever having trouble from artsd with TDE on Debian. Maybe one or both of these will help: https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1646925 https://blog.sleeplessbeastie.eu/2015/03/02/how-to-verify-installed-packages...