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Leo Famulari transcribed 2.3K bytes:
> On Tue, Sep 18, 2018 at 04:58:52PM +0000, znavko wrote:
> > Here are presented only xfce-desktop-service, gnome-desktop-service, mate-desktop-service, but no lxde.
> 
> These services, which provide desktop using XFCE, GNOME, and MATE, are
> defined in the file 'gnu/services/desktop.scm':
> 
> https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/guix.git/tree/gnu/services/desktop.scm
> 
> Currently, we don't have a desktop service for LXDE.
> 
> Maybe a service is not required? It's possible to use i3 without a
> desktop service. One just adds 'i3-wm' to the 'packages' field of their
> config.scm and it will be available at the login screen.
> 
> >   ;; This is where we specify system-wide packages.
> >   (packages (cons* nss-certs         ;for HTTPS access
> >                    gvfs              ;for user mounts
> >                    gedit
> >                    icecat
> >                    %base-packages))
> 
> You could try adding lxde to that list...

As far as I know we don't even have a functional LXDE stack?
I've been working slowly on lxde + lxqt, none of them in a
state where you can log into it.

> > 
> >   ;; Add GNOME and/or Xfce---we can choose at the log-in
> >   ;; screen with F1.  Use the "desktop" services, which
> >   ;; include the X11 log-in service, networking with
> >   ;; NetworkManager, and more.
> >   (services (cons* (xfce-desktop-service)
> >                    %desktop-services))
> 
> ... and, unless you want to use XFCE, change that to (services
> %desktop-services)