Re: Debian/Debian Gnome
On Tue, 4 Nov 2025 13:46:12 -0000 (UTC)
Bigsy Bohr <curtyshoo@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 2025-11-04, Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> wrote:
> > On Tue, Nov 04, 2025 at 09:51:12 +0700, Max Nikulin wrote:
> >> I have not tried if it has been changed in trixie, but earlier
> >> netinst had rather confusing dialog to select DEs. Debian desktop
> >> checkbox node was the parent of other variants. I decided that it
> >> is for some common files and did not uncheck Debian desktop. The
> >> result was GNOME packages as unsolicited bonus and reinstall from
> >> clean state.
> >>
> >> I have no idea if the Debian desktop task installs some additional
> >> packages like branded themes in addition to "pure" GNOME task.
> >
> > If "Debian Desktop" is selected, then the installer will choose a
> > Desktop Environment *for* you. If the installer is the standard
> > one, it will choose GNOME. In theory, this selection could change
> > some day, but it has been GNOME for a very long time.
>
> No, I believe I ticked Desktop Environment (?) and LXDE in the
> installer. How this differs from only ticking LXDE, I don't know. But
> I know I'm not running Gnome.
>
Most login/session managers will offer a choice of whatever desktops and
standalone window managers are installed, so you can see if the Gnome
DE is there.
This is an area of the installer that most people pay little attention
to, just ticking what we are used to, so it's not that well understood.
Drives are large enough so if we did accidentally install the Gnome DE,
we might not notice. Debian installs some Gnome packages, such as
Network Manager, by default into any DE.
My sid desktop doesn't have the gnome metapackage, but I probably
installed it as a minimal non-graphical stable, and upgraded before
adding the heavyweight software, going straight to Xfce4. Much less to
download that way. It was a few years ago, so I'm not sure.
--
Joe
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