Re: about installing lxde (which xserver)
> Does this list look a little ridiculous?
It doesn't :-) AFAIK this is the default behaviour when installing xserver-xorg,
although not all packages may really be needed.
While their names are all starting with xserver-xorg-, they are not different
servers: many are drivers. xserver-xorg-video-* are graphics drivers and
xserver-xorg-video-all depends from them, whereas xserver-xorg-input-* are,
indeed, input device drivers.
The real server is xserver-xorg-core, while xserver-xorg is a metapackage
including other components in the installation, like drivers.
You don't really need xserver-xorg-video-all, you can safely exclude it, along
with all non needed drivers: after you have identified your graphics chipset
you can install only the driver required by it.
But this is fine tuning, you can safely go ahead with the default xserver
installation.
Best regards,
Andrew
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