Re: [OT] Will upcoming Debian 8 release default to XFCE for the CD media?
On 9 August 2012 15:24, Camaleón <noelamac@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 08 Aug 2012 22:31:05 +0100, Keith McKenzie wrote:
>
>> On 8 August 2012 17:23, Camaleón <noelamac@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>> I ask because I've read this from two different sources¹ now (the other
>>> magazine is written in Spanish), so is this true?
>
> (...)
>
>> The present testing(wheezy) CD-1 gives a choice of Gnome, KDE, XFCE, or
>> LXDE but if one is selected, I believe it will be downloaded &
>> installed, because when I didn't have a network connection, it only
>> installed X & xterm, & not even a WM. I apt-get installed Fluxbox later
>> & everything worked OK.
>
> The first CD ISO of Debian has always given the possibility to trigger
> the installalation of the desktop environments you mention but only when
> using an Internet connection and only GNOME if you are not connected to
> the Internet (or manually select to use no mirrors at all).
>
> So, as far as I understand -and since this new change- the only option to
> install a DE from the first CD image (and no network link) will be just
> XFCE and people wanting to get GNOME right after the installation
> finishes will have to either a) get the new ISO image (bigger) or b)
> using external repositories when installing -which requires a good/stable
> connection.
>
> Greetings,
>
> --
> Camaleón
A lot of people have been using XFCE already, so the decision may have
come from the package survey info.
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