Reasons Why I Hate GNOME

All I want is some decent genealogy software. GRAMPS is it. Unfortunately, GRAMPS depends on everything and the kitchen sink:


The following package will be installed or updated:
gramps
The following 163 additional packages will be installed:
atk1 atk1-shlibs audiofile audiofile-bin audiofile-shlibs autoconf2.5
automake1.9 bonobo-shlibs compress-zlib-pm581 db3 db3-shlibs db42-ssl-shlibs
default-icon-theme docbook-xsl eel2 eel2-shlibs esound esound-bin
esound-common esound-shlibs gail17 gail17-dev gail17-shlibs gal21-shlibs
gconf-shlibs gconf2 gconf2-dev gconf2-shlibs gdbm3 gdbm3-shlibs
gdk-pixbuf-shlibs giflib giflib-bin giflib-shlibs glib2 glib2-dev glib2-shlibs
gmp gmp-shlibs gnome-base gnome-core gnome-desktop gnome-desktop4-shlibs
gnome-icon-theme gnome-keyring gnome-keyring-dev gnome-keyring-shlibs
gnome-libs gnome-libs-dev gnome-libs-shlibs gnome-mime-data gnome-panel
gnome-panel-shlibs gnome-print gnome-print-shlibs gnome-python2-py23
gnome-vfs2-ssl gnome-vfs2-ssl-dev gnome-vfs2-ssl-shlibs gtk+ gtk+-data
gtk+-shlibs gtk+2 gtk+2-dev gtk+2-shlibs gtk-doc gtkhtml1.1-shlibs guile-dev
guile-shlibs html-parser-pm581 html-tagset-pm imlib imlib-shlibs imlib2
imlib2-shlibs intltool libart2 libart2-shlibs libbonobo2 libbonobo2-dev
libbonobo2-shlibs libbonoboui2 libbonoboui2-dev libbonoboui2-shlibs
libcroco1-shlibs libexif-shlibs libgettext3-dev libglade-shlibs libglade2
libglade2-shlibs libgnome2 libgnome2-dev libgnome2-shlibs libgnomecanvas2
libgnomecanvas2-dev libgnomecanvas2-shlibs libgnomeprint2.2
libgnomeprint2.2-dev libgnomeprint2.2-shlibs libgnomeprintui2.2-shlibs
libgnomeui2 libgnomeui2-shlibs libgsf-shlibs libgtkhtml2-shlibs libidl2
libidl2-shlibs libjpeg libjpeg-bin libjpeg-shlibs libpng3 libpng3-shlibs
librsvg2 librsvg2-shlibs libtiff libtiff-bin libtiff-shlibs libwww-pm581
libxml libxml-shlibs libxml2 libxslt libxslt-bin libxslt-shlibs libzvt2-shlibs
m4 nautilus-shlibs netpbm netpbm-bin netpbm-shlibs netpbm10-shlibs
numeric-py23 oaf oaf-dev oaf-shlibs orbit orbit-dev orbit-shlibs orbit2
orbit2-dev orbit2-shlibs pango1-xft2 pango1-xft2-dev pango1-xft2-shlibs passwd
pil-py23 popt popt-shlibs pygtk2-py23 pygtk2-py23-dev pyorbit2-py23 python23
python23-shlibs python23-socket readline-shlibs reportlab-py23 scrollkeeper
shared-mime-info startup-notification-shlibs tcltk tcltk-dev tcltk-shlibs
uri-pm581 xml-parser-pm581
Do you want to continue? [Y/n]


Because of course it’s a great idea to write code in Python and develop the GUI in GLADE!

Did I mention that this is a year-old version of GRAMPS? I’m still fighting with the newer versions of GTK+ to make GRAMPS 2.0.x go.

I win 1,001 prizes.

“Don Juan op. 20” from Also Sprach Zarathustra by Richard Strauss