Re: Reverting to GNOME for jessie's default desktop
On Mon, Aug 11, 2014 at 06:00:05PM +0200, Jonas Smedegaard wrote:
> I do: I see a reason to netinst a 0.629xCD size desktop install rather
> than a 0.829xCD size desktop when bandwidth is costly.
Yes, but if you netinst you can *pick* your desktop, it's not like you
have to pick the default. Do a minimal install, then use tasksel
to select XFCE (or just x + a window manager + the application you
actually need).
The CD images are fixed size. They will fill out a CD-size
(or a DVD, if they are DVD-images). Netinst images can obviously
be optimized for size, but the netinst images do not contain the
desktop environment, so whichever desktop is default is a totally
moot question in that scenario.
Summary:
* If you download you can pick the smallest option possible;
thus the default desktop is irrelevant -- people with plenty
of bandwidth will probably go with the default, but if you know
that your connectivity is expensive you'll go for something small
(possibly forgoing the tasks system altogether)
* If you use ready-made CD/DVD images they'll be fixed size no matter
what. If you sneaker-net them you definitely want them to be full,
not half-full.
Regards: David
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