Re: You can have any color you want - as long as it's Gnome?
On 2013-10-07, Curt <curty@free.fr> wrote:
>>>
>>> With the wheezy netinstaller you simply choose 'Advanced Options' on
>>> the
>>> first page you're presented with, then 'Alternative desktop
>>> environments," then 'Xfce.' No Gnome.
>>>
>>> With this version of the netinstaller at least that's the way it's
>>> done:
>>>
>>> debian-wheezy-DI-rc1-amd64-netinst.iso
>>
>> The problem is that what you describe does not work as expected,
>> according to the OP.
>
> I followed the procedure described above, installing to a usb key, and when
> I booted the usb key I was in the desktop environment of my choice and not in
> Gnome.
>
> But I can't remember whether I chose Xfce or LXDE (but he said for the
> both of them he ended up in Gnome).
>
> So what I described worked as expected for me (I think--I didn't check to see
> whether all of Gnome got installed somehow behind my back).
>
> Anyhoo, the plot sickens.
>
Actually, rereading his post, I don't see him saying he followed the
procedure I followed anywhere; rather he says he installed testing
without a DE, then tried to install a lightweight desktop with aptitude,
so this is something of time-waster, isn't it?
apt-get --no-install-recommends
No?
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