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Re: Debian default desktop environment



On Tue, Apr 08, 2014 at 07:24:47AM +0000, Sune Vuorela wrote:
> On 2014-04-05, Josselin Mouette <joss@debian.org> wrote:
> > Especially one as minor as the installation CD which has no actual
> > conceivable use today.
> 
> At least I don't think that anything 86xish that can't boot from a usb
> stick is wihtin what we should target as 'default experience'.

There are a lot of PC systems where the BIOS claims to support booting
off a USB stick but it simply doesn't work.  This is actually quite a
frequent problem, even on newer systems.  That's why I carried a
bootable CD with me when I did freelance desktop support.

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