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I have a number of small packages on my system that I want to delete,
but in order to remove any of them, I also have to remove a package
called "ubuntu-desktop" as well. Synaptic says it's 41kb which seems
pretty small, but also says it's best not to remove it "because it is
used to carry out certain upgrade<br>
transitions (such as adding new packages to the system)."<br>
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Is this the <i>actual</i> ubuntu desktop where gnome lives and all my
icons are? Or is it something that can be safely removed, and just
sounds important? Will I still be able to use synaptic to add new
packages to the system?<br>
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It seems to be the only thing in the way of removing a LOT of annoying
packages from my system, but for that reason alone gives me the
impression that it might be a critical package. What's going to happen
when I remove it?<br>
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Jason<br>
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