Re: Debian 7.x and desktop environments [somewhat off topic]
On 20140502_1155+0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote:
> On Vi, 02 mai 14, 15:58:00, Bret Busby wrote:
> >
> > What I am wondering, is whether the Debian 7.5 installation disks, include
> > the option during the installation process, for the user to select which
> > desktop environment(s) the user wants to install.
>
> Not unless you go to individual package selection (if something like
> this is still available in expert mode). You can select the Desktop
> Environment in the boot menu of any image.
Andrei,
This post is being composed well after a great tree of responses to OP
have accumulated. In these, as well as in other posts about DE in
Debian I have seen mentioned the JWM environment. It is interesting to
me, but I am aware that I make mistakes much more often than the
average Debian user. I want a new "task-jwm-desktop" to be written. It
would do for Jwm the same sort of thing that task-xfce-desktop does
for Xfce. It should not be difficult in my totally naive view of what
is involved ;-). It needs to be done by someone who already knows (and
likes) Jwm, not by a person like me, who is merely curious about it,
and not even a novice developer/maintainer.
And while I'm making suggestions, I think every task-XXX-desktop
should have a matching task-XXX-desktop-remove for use by people who
discover that they have made, in their opinion, a mistake. Or some
advice in the wiki on how to cleanly remove a "task". Knowing what is
involved in backing out is helpful in deciding whether or not to try
something. Who knows, I might even give Gnome3 a try.
--
Paul E Condon
pecondon@mesanetworks.net
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