It looks like this discussion gets somehow heated as could be expected. My opinion is that it is impossible to decide which DE Debian should suggest to its users. Because it highly depends on personal preferences; what features are expected and, just as well, what much hated features must not be present at all; how the user uses the computer and what the user is familiar with.
My wish is to make this a user decision and to make this decision as easy to the user as possible. Like Joel Rees I *believe* to remember that I was once quite surprised when I choose the easy installation and then could not choose my preferred DE. Whatever installation method a user chooses, when the user chooses to include a DE then the user should be asked which one. That's what I wish from the installer. (Of course short, "neutral" descriptions would be fine, hints depending on the hardware found by the installer would be fine too. But that depends on whether somebody has time and interest to do the work.) This would also include a default that is chosen when the user ignores the question. I have no preference on that default. This approach would fit the Debian philosophy and would work with net-install as well as complete DVD/CD-sets. This question of the default DE should be separated from the question of space limited install media. To have different images for different DE's would be fine but would probably put too much burden on the team that creates the images. XFCE or a stripped down version of Gnome should both be ok for that case. Cheers Werner -- 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/20140811210535.74d26...@ginster.fritz.box
