I assume you are seeing a list of desktops to select from during the install...
On 23/4/23 04:49, Peter Ehlert wrote:
Be careful and don't include any Gnome/"Debian desktop".
When you select a desktop install with standard Debian you don't have lot of control over what is installed. And that's even with an advanced install.
"standard Debian" (or whatever it's called) is kinda Gnome Lite.
it's automatically selected = uncheck that box!
Personally I use only Mate but it's riddled with Gnome components that I can't easily remove. For instance the Gnome NetworkManager widget is installed despite me not using NetworkManager and I can't find a way to remove it.
I too only use Mate.
to be fair Gnome creates a lot of Good packages that are used in
almost all desktop environments that are not actually the Gnome
Desktop.
My Mate has a dozen or two with "gnome" in the package name
On other O/S you could (can?) generate a 'packing list' of all the components you wanted to install and use that to build your system. I expect Debian 11 has that ability but it's not something that is immediately obvious.
-- Jeremy (Lists)