On Sat, 09 Aug 2014 09:08:07 -0400, Stephen Allen wrote: > On Fri, Aug 08, 2014 at 03:52:46PM +0000, Camaleón wrote: >> On Fri, 08 Aug 2014 11:14:07 +0200, Yves-Alexis Perez wrote: >> >> > On jeu., 2014-08-07 at 23:57 +0200, Jordi Mallach wrote: >> >> Hi Debian, >> > >> > About the decision itself, as Debian Xfce main maintainer, I honestly >> > don't really care. I don't think the default desktop matters that >> > much on Debian (while I guess it means a lot for Ubuntu, for >> > example). I actually think having no default desktop would be just >> > fine, instead having the current 3-4 desktop installation media. Then >> > anyone can pick the DE she likes. >> >> (...) >> >> I really (and still) like the idea of having no default desktop at all >> and let the users decide by themselves if they even want to get a DE >> when performing a DVD based installation. >> >> > Give them a choice of the main 3 or 4 with thumbnails of each at default > view with short explanation: <ie> Gnome-Shell for modern computers with > 3D capability: XFce4 for older computers with low memory and/or older > video cards not capable of playing advanced graphical games etc., > > Then direct each to appropriate DVD/CD/Netinstall image to download or > sources list to add.
The issue here is that once the user has downloaded a DVD, what's the DE the installer should go with when choosing an automated/basic install. And I still think the installer has to full stop at this point and ask the user what is what he/she wants; that's, IMO, the fairest proceeding possible. Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-project-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/pan.2014.08.09.13.18...@gmail.com
