On Mon 16 Sep 2013 at 10:06:32 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > /Background > I'm relatively new to Linux. I got my feet wet by installing Squeeze
We are all relatively new. If you installed Squeeze a couple of years ago and used it on a day-to-day basis you should now have a good feel for Debian. > (6.0.5) on a used laptop (Lenovo R61) purchased explicitly purchased > for experimenting. Having used computers since Hector was a pup, > accidents happen. Hector? This is not a family history mailing list. > As I have minimal to *NO INTERNET* access, when Debian 7.1 DVDs > became available from vendors I purchased the 10 DVD set. I also > purchased the live DVDs for Gnome, lxde, kde, and xfce. I did some > test runs of each. I chose xfce for my initial Wheezy install based > almost exclusively on "look and feel". It felt "comfortable" and > seemed to express my somewhat vague ideas of how a GUI should 'act'. What does connecting to the internet have to do with Debian? You can choose to connect or not; your choice. Xfce is a DE; it has no preference for an internet connection. > It was an educational experience. Each had something I'd like to see > in an ideal installation. I also did more web browsing comparing > "Desktop Environments" to "Windows Managers" and product comparisons > within those classifications. "Ideal installation"? What is that? I've got it using Debian; you must not be trying hard enough. > /Questions > 1. Given that I prefer LILO over GRUB and xfce over Gnome/lxde/kde, > what GUIs should I investigate further. There is absolutely no connection between LILO, GRUB and the software you mention. The question has no value. > 2. Given that internet is effectively non-existent and > internal/external disk space is effectively unlimited, how can I > make as many as possible of the DE &/or WM on the distribution DVD > simply available to experiment with? This seems the nub of your post. Have you thought of just installing all of them and then sorting out what you want to use? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20130917191832.ga13...@copernicus.demon.co.uk
