Re: LEAN Debian install: Exploring task selection menu
On Thu 17 Sep 2020 at 16:07:56 -0400, rhkramer@gmail.com wrote:
> On Thursday, September 17, 2020 02:58:19 PM Brian wrote:
> > On Thu 17 Sep 2020 at 09:29:35 +0200, Marco Möller wrote:
> > > On 16.09.20 10:54, Richard Owlett wrote:
> > > > On 09/15/2020 06:50 PM, David Wright wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Agreed. Where the menu says "Debian desktop environment" I would:
> > > > 1. remove the check-box.
> > > > 2. rephrase it as "Chose a Debian desktop environment".
> > > > 3. add a default check by GNOME.
> > >
> > > YES, Exactly this!
> >
> > That's it? You and Richard Owlett would jettison the ability of a user
> > to install task-desktop? All in the cause of some ill defined objective
> > that both of you are incapable of explaining and defending even after
> > the situation has been explained to you?
>
>
> I guess what is not clear to me includes (and I did some googling while taking
> a break from yardwork):
>
> * does task-desktop provide some functionality that would not be installed
> if the user requested GNOME, KDE, ...?
>
> * does task-desktop provide some functionality that would work without one
> of the other listed DEs (GNOME, KDE, ...)?
>
> * and, for extra credit, what is the functionality that task-desktop
> provides that is not included with any of the DEs?
All three of these questions have been answered twice.
--
Brian.
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