Re: Debian/Debian Gnome
On 2025-11-13, Vincent Lefevre <vincent@vinc17.net> wrote:
>
>> 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.
>
> This is not sufficient for a usual desktop (that's why task-desktop
> depends on other packages), and this is not documented. Things could
> silently break.
>
> I'm also wondering whether this is sufficient for wifi connections
> (this is obviously a must for laptops).
I was thinking about networking, too; I don't think network-manager
is installed if you don't request a desktop environment.
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