On 05/11/2025 21:23, Bigsy Bohr wrote:
On 2025-11-05, Max Nikulin wrote:From my point of view the menu should be without the parent checkbox: - Desktop environment - [X] GNOME (recommended) - [ ] KDE - ...That would be clearer, yes, because the parent checkbox is what we call *superfétatoire*.
To evaluate if it can be changed, somebody motivated should should check debian-installer bug tracker and related mailing lists for reaction of developers to earlier complains concerning this menu.
It would also be nice to have succinct descriptions of the desktops,
like
- [X] Gnome (forget about it if you don't have oodles of RAM and a
modern CPU.
I do not use GNOME, but there are users who like it. That is why, I believe, the description should be neutral, e.g. "GNOME (Recommended for RAM > SOME Gb)". Otherwise for developers your opinion sounds like some noise that is annoying, but unavoidable (some users will be unhappy anyway).
I am skeptical concerning increasing complexity of installer to examine hardware and to set default option and to present some description explaining the choice.