On Wed, Dec 20, 2006 at 03:52:24PM -0500, Joey Hess wrote: > peter green wrote: > > it has recently been announced that there will be seperate CDs for > > kde/gnome/xfce with different desktop tasks and package selections. > > > > but what is the plan for other means of installation > > (buisnesscard/netinst/floppies/netboot)? will there be 3 seperate > > desktop tasks listed? will there be one desktop task that installs all > > three? or will kde and xfce desktops simply not be availible from > > tasksel. > > In all cases you get a choice what desktop environment you want, before > you enter d-i. d-i/tasksel never requires you to make this choice in the > user interface, though. In the case of regular sized CDs, you make the > choice when deciding what CD to get. In the case of all other > installation images, you can make the choice when booting the installer, > by typing "install tasks=kde-desktop"
Most people will not know about any such option, and when faced with the normal tasksel selections, will only be proposed a desktop or graphical task, which as far as i know will install only gnome. Friendly, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
