Re: task-desktop: default desktop environment for Jessie
On Fri, May 31, 2013 at 3:06 PM, Cyril Brulebois wrote:
> Michael Gilbert <mgilbert@debian.org> (31/05/2013):
>> It would probably be good to get that discussion started early during
>> this cycle to reduce the surprise factor.
>>
>> Since it was rather difficult to fit gnome onto 1 cd in wheezy (and I
>> think some pieces were left off anyway), I think it makes sense now to
>> start moving toward something like xfce as the default that's small,
>> and mostly capable, and 4.10 (now making its way into unstable) brings
>> much needed accessibility features.
>
> A somewhat related question is whether we're going to keep trying to
> fit stuff onto CD#1, as opposed to moving to supporting various “USB
> key sizes”. If I'm not mistaken, Steve has expressed such a wish (or
> intent) during the last wheezy preparation steps.
As a point of reference, I still have (and use every now and then) an
old laptop that has a cd-rom but no dvd-rom, and its bios does not
support usb booting.
Best wishes,
Mike
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