On Saturday 28 April 2012 20:03:19 Martin Gr��lin wrote:
> > they might not be 'hard' dependencies, so, in theory, one can install kde
> > without them, but what is the result ?
> > no mail, no contacts, no calendar, no search, no integration of
> > whatsoever, in short: something that has probably less functionality than
> > xfce or icewm. so, insead of installing kde without all the above,
> > razor-qt seems to be a better choice...
>
> sorry, but you just mix up things:
> razor-qt is a desktop shell like Plasma. Neither razor-qt provide mail,
> calendar or anything nor does Plasma.

no. I don't think I mix up things here.
maybe I was just not clear enough in stating that plasma/kde workspace alone 
(without akonadi/nepomuk/strigi...) is not of much functional difference than 
xfce/icewm/razor-qt or anything else which does not provide native 
mail/contacts/calendars etc.

Werner