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Have you thought about biting the bullet and just doing a full wipe and fresh OS install? I recently did this with a fresh, minimal Debian install, and it was so worth it.
That's such a Windows way of solving problems.
It's not. I'm constantly learning and making a mess. A fresh install every year or two keeps the house clean, and keeps me in good practice.
You learn significantly more from actually fixing the problems with your install as opposed to just constantly starting over every time. Doing it just to get rid of a couple of GNOME packages is especially not worth the trouble, considering it's a rather trivial task.
You do, or I do?
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