On Fri, Jan 22, 2016 at 09:07:10PM -0500, Stephan Foley wrote: > [Yaroslav Halchenko] > >> And, I am tech-savvy :-) > > > > Why wasn't it enough to run these two commands? > > apt-get install xorg > > apt-get install fluxbox > > > > The instructions on the wiki metion only this: > > https://wiki.debian.org/FluxBox#Installation > > grrrrrrr.... > > > Well, first off, I had to figure out the best display manager. Then, install > Fluxbox and you got some ugly styling! Then, I had to figure out how to > config all the gtk stuff and fonts, etc. Then, of course, no sound. And how > about auto mounting external drives, etc, etc! Or even just artwork for grub > and lightdm.
It is fair to say that Debian supports: - Non-technical desktop users who want to use one of: - Gnome - KDE - Mate - Cinnamon - XFCE - LXDE - non-technical users who want to run a web, print, or SSH server; - Technical users who want to use anything else since these are the "tasks" that are included in the installer, and which produce a full selection of packages. FluxBox is not one of those. If you want to use a user interface that isn't one of the standard environments, it's certainly possible to do so within Debian, but it *will* indeed require a lot more effort. However, going from there to saying that "Debian is only for the tech savvy sys admin type and the server market" is taking a bit of a leap that I'm not sure is a fair one. We do support less tech savvy people, just not with such highly customized environments. -- It is easy to love a country that is famous for chocolate and beer -- Barack Obama, speaking in Brussels, Belgium, 2014-03-26
