On Thu, 24 Oct 2013 16:40:48 +0100 Steve McIntyre <st...@einval.com> wrote:
> This goes back to during the wheezy release cycle. There was a little
> discussion around a change in tasksel [1], but rather too late in the
> day for the change to make sense. Now we have rather more time, I
> feel. Let's change the default desktop for installation to xfce.
I've been using XFCE from unstable for over a year now, I strongly
recommend this environment as the default desktop for Debian.
Maybe make the GNOME option more visible in DI rather than a submenu
off the Advanced Install options.
> * Make the tasksel change stick
>
> * Tweak CD and installer builds:
> + change what happens with no desktop selected to use xfce instead
> of Gnome (netinst, DVD, BD etc.)
> + Add an explicitly-named Gnome CD#1
> + Remove the explicitly-named XFCE CD#1
>
> Pros:
>
> * CD#1 will work again without size worries
>
> * Smaller, simpler desktop
>
> * Works well/better on all supported kernels (?)
>
> * Does not depend on replacing init
* Remove the need for 3D acceleration for the default desktop
* A lot of applications are not ready for GTK3 or integration with
the Gnome shell, including a lot of "peripheral" GNOME apps or
ex-GNOME apps.
> Cons:
> * <please fill in here>
* The XFCE goodies packages need some love. (I may even have some
time for this - not right away though.)
--
Neil Williams
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