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Re: Bug#762614: stop preseeding desktop



On Tue, Sep 23, 2014 at 08:26:32PM +0100, Steven Chamberlain wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On 14:59, Joey Hess wrote:
> > Once tasksel 3.27 is in testing, but not before, d-i should stop
> > preseeding desktop=xfce for kfreebsd and hurd. This version of tasksel
> > defaults to xfce for those architectures and will handle any other
> > architecture variations in a single place.
> 
> Agreed, although we should try evaluate if XFCE is still the best
> default for these (and perhaps find something that caters to other
> situations where GNOME isn't viable)

After all this time (what is it?  over a year now?) I thought the 
new Gnome might have improved and become viable.  I tried it last weekend.
It still isn't viable. I can't even figure out how to log out.  Not 
what I want a beginner confronted with.

-- hendrik

> 
> I've created a spin-off page to discuss alternatives:
> https://wiki.debian.org/DebianDesktop/Alternative/Jessie
> 
> Regards,
> -- 
> Steven Chamberlain
> steven@pyro.eu.org
> 
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