Re: Debian/Debian Gnome
On Wed, Nov 12, 2025 at 03:23:55 +0100, Vincent Lefevre wrote:
> I had the same issue with bookworm. I just wanted the packages
> common to desktop machines (in particular for the network), but
> got GNOME without any warning first. FYI, I was just interested
> in Xorg + FVWM, none of the listed desktop environments (IIRC,
> this was possible in the past).
I'm not aware of any time in the past where unselecting GNOME/KDE/etc.
but leaving "Debian Desktop" selected would have done this. If it
ever happened, it was a *long* time ago.
The correct way to get the setup you want is to uncheck all the Desktop
options in the installer, and boot to a regular text console. Then
login, and install xorg, fvwm (or fvwm3 now), and whatever other
packages you want. Probably firefox-esr. If you want a Display Manager
then install one; otherwise, you can use startx from a console.
That's how I do it. I have other non-GUI packages that I add as well
(mutt, vim, build-essential), and I prefer rxvt-unicode as my GUI
terminal emulator. Otherwise, I just install things as I find they're
missing or needed.
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