Re: Debian 7.x and desktop environments
On Sat 03 May 2014 at 14:46:45 +1000, Scott Ferguson wrote:
> On 03/05/14 06:29, Brian wrote:
> >
> > Choosing a DE *after* booting d-i is not possible and, as far as I can
> > remember, there has never been such an option.
>
> It's not hard (tasksel), - but if the 'user' wants, they can. It's a
> whole lot less hard to start the install with a plan (based on a little
> research) and choose the desktop at the start of the install.
I couldn't agree more. The research should also lead to appreciating that
not choosing gets you the default DE (Gnome on Wheezy and Xfce4 on Jessie
at the present time).
> NOTE: you don't have to use "expert" to choose an alternative desktop at
> the start of the install.
You're thinking of "desktop=kde" on the command line?
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