On Sat 03 May 2014 at 14:46:45 +1000, Scott Ferguson wrote: > On 03/05/14 06:29, Brian wrote: > > > > Choosing a DE *after* booting d-i is not possible and, as far as I can > > remember, there has never been such an option. > > It's not hard (tasksel), - but if the 'user' wants, they can. It's a > whole lot less hard to start the install with a plan (based on a little > research) and choose the desktop at the start of the install.
I couldn't agree more. The research should also lead to appreciating that not choosing gets you the default DE (Gnome on Wheezy and Xfce4 on Jessie at the present time). > NOTE: you don't have to use "expert" to choose an alternative desktop at > the start of the install. You're thinking of "desktop=kde" on the command line? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/03052014112236.1a2a7acff...@desktop.copernicus.demon.co.uk
