On Saturday 16 August 2014 23:33:54 Charlie wrote:
> That's also what I thought? But I assume this thread is pertaining to
> the person who installs the software through the installer. Rather than
> just a bare bones Debian without any GUI that will boot. Then through
> CLI just install the softwar
On Sat, 16 Aug 2014 21:32:23 +0100 Lisi Reisz sent:
> > Here's an idea: Why not give users a choice (if they want it) after
> > they have installed the OS? Or even before? Installation of a
> > desktop environment shouldn't be obligatory.
>
> It isn't.
>
> Lisi
That's also what I thought? But
On Sat, 16 Aug 2014 22:57:17 +0100
Brian wrote:
> On Sat 16 Aug 2014 at 21:32:23 +0100, Lisi Reisz wrote:
>
> > On Saturday 16 August 2014 20:24:31 Brian wrote:
> > > On Sat 16 Aug 2014 at 14:14:01 -0400, John Holland wrote:
> > > > Enlightenment is actually a very nice DE with reasonable
> > >
On Sat 16 Aug 2014 at 21:32:23 +0100, Lisi Reisz wrote:
> On Saturday 16 August 2014 20:24:31 Brian wrote:
> > On Sat 16 Aug 2014 at 14:14:01 -0400, John Holland wrote:
> > > Enlightenment is actually a very nice DE with reasonable hardware
> > > requirements. It'd be nice to have it as an option
On Sat 16 Aug 2014 at 17:27:27 -0400, Gary Dale wrote:
> On 16/08/14 02:56 PM, Brian wrote:
> >On Sat 16 Aug 2014 at 19:01:40 +0200, Tony van der Hoff wrote:
> >
> >>On 16/08/14 18:28, Gary Dale wrote:
> >>>The installer, to my way of thinking, should either go with the most
> >>>popular choice or
On 16/08/14 02:56 PM, Brian wrote:
On Sat 16 Aug 2014 at 19:01:40 +0200, Tony van der Hoff wrote:
On 16/08/14 18:28, Gary Dale wrote:
The installer, to my way of thinking, should either go with the most
popular choice or give you the choice of desktop environments as part of
the install proces
On Saturday 16 August 2014 20:24:31 Brian wrote:
> On Sat 16 Aug 2014 at 14:14:01 -0400, John Holland wrote:
> > Enlightenment is actually a very nice DE with reasonable hardware
> > requirements. It'd be nice to have it as an option in the installer.
>
> fvwm is wonderful, but not likely to make i
On Saturday 16 August 2014 19:14:01 John Holland wrote:
> Enlightenment is actually a very nice DE with reasonable hardware
> requirements. It'd be nice to have it as an option in the installer.
Sorry, I left that one out. It was in the etc.! I knew that I had not got a
complete list.
But the
On Saturday 16 August 2014 18:01:40 Tony van der Hoff wrote:
> Anyway, I think the installer should offer *all* the DEs.
*All*, including Mate and Cinnamon and Trinity and Unity, in addition to
Gnome, KDE, LXDE, Xfce, and . etc. ??
Lisi
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On Sat 16 Aug 2014 at 14:14:01 -0400, John Holland wrote:
> Enlightenment is actually a very nice DE with reasonable hardware
> requirements. It'd be nice to have it as an option in the installer.
fvwm is wonderful, but not likely to make it into d-i. Back in 1996 it
was a default (on Red Hat at
On Sat 16 Aug 2014 at 19:01:40 +0200, Tony van der Hoff wrote:
> On 16/08/14 18:28, Gary Dale wrote:
> >
> > The installer, to my way of thinking, should either go with the most
> > popular choice or give you the choice of desktop environments as part of
> > the install process.
> >
> I'm fully
Enlightenment is actually a very nice DE with reasonable hardware
requirements. It'd be nice to have it as an option in the installer.
On Sat, 16 Aug 2014 13:28:56 -0400 (EDT)
Stephen Powell wrote:
> On Sat, 16 Aug 2014 13:03:54 -0400 (EDT), Michael Biebl wrote:
> > On Sat, 16 Aug 2014 11:00:10
On 16/08/14 17:49, Steve Litt wrote:
On Sat, 16 Aug 2014 11:00:10 -0400 (EDT)
Stephen Powell wrote:
My main objection to GNOME as the default desktop environment is
that it *requires* 3D graphics acceleration from the X driver,
something which is not available from all drivers. (For example,
t
On Sat, 16 Aug 2014 12:49:23 -0400
Steve Litt wrote:
> On Sat, 16 Aug 2014 11:00:10 -0400 (EDT)
> Stephen Powell wrote:
>
> > On Fri, 15 Aug 2014 22:56:53 -0400 (EDT), Stephen L. Novak wrote:
> > >
> > > I'm only submitting that I would vote to see gnome as the default
> > > interface for jess
On Sat, 16 Aug 2014 13:03:54 -0400 (EDT), Michael Biebl wrote:
> On Sat, 16 Aug 2014 11:00:10 -0400 (EDT), Stephen Powell wrote:
>>
>> My main objection to GNOME as the default desktop environment is
>> that it *requires* 3D graphics acceleration from the X driver,
>> ...
>
> Not quite true. On g
Am 16.08.2014 17:00, schrieb Stephen Powell:
> On Fri, 15 Aug 2014 22:56:53 -0400 (EDT), Stephen L. Novak wrote:
>>
>> I'm only submitting that I would vote to see gnome as the default
>> interface for jessie too. Also, I would vote change the default
>> highlighter for some of the default menus i
On 16/08/14 18:28, Gary Dale wrote:
> I've never been a fan of Gnome although this stems mainly from my
> preference for Konqueror and Dolphin as file managers. They both have
> options that I find very helpful, like actually listing the files you
> are about to delete instead of just telling you h
On Sat, 16 Aug 2014 11:00:10 -0400 (EDT)
Stephen Powell wrote:
> On Fri, 15 Aug 2014 22:56:53 -0400 (EDT), Stephen L. Novak wrote:
> >
> > I'm only submitting that I would vote to see gnome as the default
> > interface for jessie too. Also, I would vote change the default
> > highlighter for so
On 16/08/14 11:00 AM, Stephen Powell wrote:
On Fri, 15 Aug 2014 22:56:53 -0400 (EDT), Stephen L. Novak wrote:
I'm only submitting that I would vote to see gnome as the default
interface for jessie too. Also, I would vote change the default
highlighter for some of the default menus in the new Xf
On Fri, 15 Aug 2014 22:56:53 -0400 (EDT), Stephen L. Novak wrote:
>
> I'm only submitting that I would vote to see gnome as the default
> interface for jessie too. Also, I would vote change the default
> highlighter for some of the default menus in the new Xfce to a brighter
> color. Thanks for
On Fri, Aug 15, 2014 at 10:56:53PM -0400, Stephen L. Novak wrote:
>
>
> I'm only submitting that I would vote to see gnome as the default
> interface for jessie too.
Your vote has no affect whatsoever on what the default DE will be.
The only way you can influence the decision is to install
popu
I'm only submitting that I would vote to see gnome as the default
interface for jessie too. Also, I would vote change the default
highlighter for some of the default menus in the new Xfce to a brighter
color. Thanks for all the work on Wheezy.
Steve
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