On Fri 02 May 2014 at 22:13:02 +0100, Lisi Reisz wrote: > On Friday 02 May 2014 21:29:43 Brian wrote: > > On Fri 02 May 2014 at 13:30:07 +0100, Lisi Reisz wrote: > > > On Friday 02 May 2014 09:55:02 Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > > > On Vi, 02 mai 14, 15:58:00, Bret Busby wrote: > > > > > What I am wondering, is whether the Debian 7.5 installation disks, > > > > > include the option during the installation process, for the user to > > > > > select which desktop environment(s) the user wants to install. > > > > > > > > Not unless you go to individual package selection (if something like > > > > this is still available in expert mode). You can select the Desktop > > > > Environment in the boot menu of any image. > > > > > > Earlier versions of the Wheezy installer did. I haven't tried 7.5. Just > > > choose expert install, choose the desktop you want, return to > > > installation. I have used this several times without any problems. > > > > Choosing a DE *after* booting d-i is not possible and, as far as I can > > remember, there has never been such an option. > > You and I clearly mean different things by "booting". I have done it > frequently over the years in several different versions.
No, you were probably clearer. I had in mind the lack of choice in making a choice of DE after leaving the boot screen and selecting language. > > To get to 'Expert install' you have to also choose 'Advanced options'. > > This is a challenge for those who think more than a single keystroke or > > having to read the boot screen is an infringement of their human rights. > > I would most definitely say that Bret Busby and Andrei Popescu, to whom I was > addressing myself, do not fall into this category. Being a mailing list, I was adressing a wider audience. Somewhat contentiously as it happens. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/02052014232520.3764d5526...@desktop.copernicus.demon.co.uk
