On Sat 19 Sep 2020 at 14:12:08 +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Vi, 18 sep 20, 11:00:11, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > > > > I don't know for sure, but one suggestion I'd make is to move that first > > option > > (whatever it said, something like Default debian desktop) to be the last > > option and change the wording, something like: "[for advanced users:] [can > > be > > used to] install X only (with no desktop)" (I guess if you want X only you > > have select that in the other place you mentioned.) > > Even if that is technically correct (it can be use to install only X, if > you configure the installer to not install Recommends), it is, in my not > so humble opinion, an inefficient way to do it and can also have > unintended consequences (what if I want to have only X, but with all > Recommends?).
A user wants X with all its recommended packages? Then don't use this technique. > > I suspect many of the newbies to Linux will have heard about GNOME, KDE, > > along > > with the suggestion to consider one of the other much simpler desktops. > > (When > > I encounter a newbie, I recommend either KDE or one of the lightweight > > desktops, I'm a "never GNOMEr" > > In my experience (own as well as assisting other newcomers), users > coming from Windows or Mac will be surprised by the mere existence of > different options here. Indeed. > Best to keep it as simple as possible. Keep to what we have? Glad you agree. -- Brian.
