Hi After some abstinence, I tried the last daily squeeze installer today with a priority low and GUI installation. This are my notes on the installation. General: - Wasn't there some question on recommends installation? - 1GiB is not longer sufficient as /var as the to be installed packages are already larger. However there is no clear error shown after aptitude via tasksel (why does it need aptitude anyway?) hits ENOSPC. - Root login disable question is priority low and default to no. - The kernel selection should always use the images without the -2.6- part. Also it should install the PAE version more aggresively if supported (NX as security feature needs it). - The bootstrap and tasksel step uses different outputs during the package installation. Tasksel: - Does not detect errors during the download. I had several hundred packages failing to install during the initial installation because of errors from my proxy. - Task reinstallation removed packages first. Packages or package groups installed by the standard system or GUI task that looks weird to me. I haven't checked why they are installed in any way. - rpm - twisted, python-twisted-web - xserver-xorg-xephyr. for login in new window feature of gdm? - festival - foomatic-filter-ppds, openprinting-ppds. Somehow I doubt that this sets are distinct. - cups-bsd - xorg-docs-core - oss-compat. This can only use the kernel OSS emulation right know, that I want to deprecate rather fast because of the drawbacks. - esound-common - hplip? - tsconf - tcpd - apache-2.2-bin - bogofilter - libpam-* - mtools. Is this still used instead of the gui tools to mount fat devices? It needs special config anyway. - radeontool. The description looks like: don't use. Also the radeon cards now belong completely to the kernel. - xserver-xorg-video-radeonhd. Incompatible with KMS. - usb-modeswitch. The kernel seems to handle this in the meantime. - mutt - w3m - aspell vs. wngerman vs. myspell. Do we really need three different spell checkers? - deborphan - geoclue. The description is unclear. - espeak. Didn't I list festival already? - make - vbetool. Can be considered disallowed by modern kernels. - twm - gutenprint - atd - epiphany vs. iceweasel - Software Center (missing translation, using aptdaemon) vs. synaptic vs. update manager (using gksu) grub: - The os-prober entries are missing after the installtion. Need to run update-grub once in the installed system. - How can I make grub always default to an existing system (the already installed windows)? Should also be on top of the list as it can grow fast. - Uses quiet even after priority low installation initial fstab: - Lists /proc - Lists cdrom and usb sticks (with unstable device name) netconfig: - GUI task installs network-manager but network device used in the installer is already added to interfaces and therfor not controllable by n-m. aptdaemon: - Wants root-password even if none is configured and sudo is used for anything else. os-prober: - Does not cleanup /var/lib/os-prober during removal. German translations are bad, bad and bad: dpkg: "Nach-Installations-Trigger" update-alternatives: "in Auto-Modus" Bastian -- Without facts, the decision cannot be made logically. You must rely on your human intuition. -- Spock, "Assignment: Earth", stardate unknown
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