On 9 August 2012 15:24, Camaleón <noela...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Wed, 08 Aug 2012 22:31:05 +0100, Keith McKenzie wrote: > >> On 8 August 2012 17:23, Camaleón <noela...@gmail.com> wrote: > >>> I ask because I've read this from two different sources¹ now (the other >>> magazine is written in Spanish), so is this true? > > (...) > >> The present testing(wheezy) CD-1 gives a choice of Gnome, KDE, XFCE, or >> LXDE but if one is selected, I believe it will be downloaded & >> installed, because when I didn't have a network connection, it only >> installed X & xterm, & not even a WM. I apt-get installed Fluxbox later >> & everything worked OK. > > The first CD ISO of Debian has always given the possibility to trigger > the installalation of the desktop environments you mention but only when > using an Internet connection and only GNOME if you are not connected to > the Internet (or manually select to use no mirrors at all). > > So, as far as I understand -and since this new change- the only option to > install a DE from the first CD image (and no network link) will be just > XFCE and people wanting to get GNOME right after the installation > finishes will have to either a) get the new ISO image (bigger) or b) > using external repositories when installing -which requires a good/stable > connection. > > Greetings, > > -- > Camaleón
A lot of people have been using XFCE already, so the decision may have come from the package survey info. -- Sent from FOSS (Free Open Source Software) Debian GNU/Linux -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/CAL36VGkfUCh_4A14Cr_La=mbaj9c-def_hnf703rn9afv-8...@mail.gmail.com
