Netbook Remix launcher

[Liam Proven]

Is it me or are Ubuntu's dependencies fundamentally broken in places?

I don't much like Evolution as an email client, but I can't simply
remove it all, because components ranging as deep as the GNOME Panel
itself depend on it. Why? I can understand why one or 2 components
might, such as the "About Me" applet - although I don't like it - but
why does half of the GNOME desktop need one email client?

Yet, on the other hand, I've just been installing an Asus Eee 900 for
a friend. I installed Xubuntu, as it's rather lighter-weight than
full-on Ubuntu and he will never need the full desktop. Then I added
all the restricted components - and there's another thing, which I'll
get back to - and checked them out. All fine.

Finally I added the Netbook Remix launcher.

But no, it doesn't work. This iconic launcher had no icons and no menu
bar. Why? Because it uses GNOME for them. But does it depend on GNOME?
No.

So what is going on? Why does a shell that needs GNOME and GNOME
components such as the go-home panel applet and maximus and so on
*not* depend on GNOME, whereas I can't remove an email client I don't
want from my GNOME system because large chunks of GNOME depend on one
particular desktop application?

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