On Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 10:53:35PM +0100, Andrej Kacian wrote: > On Tue, 10 Jan 2012 15:11:58 +0530 > Amrish Purohit <amrish.dis...@gmail.com> wrote: > > >Hi Osamu, > >Thanks for your reply. I will definitely try installing testing over > >stable version. I make my system dual boot so I have a backup. Here is > >the way I install the debian, please correct me if I am wrong. > >I install the core system, then I install gdm3 and gnome-terminal to get > >the GUI. After getting the GUI I install the packages as I need it. So I > >plan to do the same with testing. First I will install core system + > >gdm3 of stable debian, after getting the gui, I will change the > >repositories in /etc/apt/sourcelist and make dist upgrade. I hope this > >will work. > >Please comment if any thing is wrong. > > Two points: > > - Wouldn't it be better to change the source.list to debian testing straight > after installation? That way you will not need to download Gnome packages from > stable, saving bandwidth and time.
That exactly I meant to suggest but Amrish maybe uncomfortable working without GUI terminal or I may have failed to explain well... Console is less problematic. As long as he stays within X, gdm3 and gnome-terminal, it is not really bad. (But X xdm and xterm may be even better.) > - If you want Gnome, it is probably better to use tasksel[1], so that all the > Gnome-related goodies are installed and configured. Very true. > Installing just login > manager and terminal application will only bring in minimal necessary > dependencies, giving you a rather poor GUI experience - you might as well stay > in text console. I do not know what he mean by "the core system". I hope it meant up to simple X. gnome-core package is already huge :-) Installing task-gnome-desktop package and its all depends and recommends is good idea (which I think tasksel menu will do.) Osamu > 1. http://wiki.debian.org/Gnome#task > > Regards, > -- > Andrej > > > -- > 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/20120113225335.388635b5@penny -- 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/20120114030957.GB6823@localhost