On Tue, Nov 05, 2013 at 08:07:33PM +0000, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: > Can we produce a minimal netinst which does just this > for a default install and adds desktop selection > for an expert install. How does the current netinst not qualify? You have to select Desktop Environment on the tasksel screen to get a DE, if you don't want one, don't select it.