On 2025-11-04, Greg Wooledge <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Nov 04, 2025 at 09:51:12 +0700, Max Nikulin wrote: >> I have not tried if it has been changed in trixie, but earlier netinst had >> rather confusing dialog to select DEs. Debian desktop checkbox node was the >> parent of other variants. I decided that it is for some common files and did >> not uncheck Debian desktop. The result was GNOME packages as unsolicited >> bonus and reinstall from clean state. >> >> I have no idea if the Debian desktop task installs some additional packages >> like branded themes in addition to "pure" GNOME task. > > If "Debian Desktop" is selected, then the installer will choose a Desktop > Environment *for* you. If the installer is the standard one, it will > choose GNOME. In theory, this selection could change some day, but > it has been GNOME for a very long time.
No, I believe I ticked Desktop Environment (?) and LXDE in the installer. How this differs from only ticking LXDE, I don't know. But I know I'm not running Gnome. > If the installer is part of a Live image, it will choose whatever DE > is included in that Live image. > > I agree that this is confusing, and yet the installer has been doing > that for a decade or more. Apparently the installer developers don't > see the issue. I've never met *anyone* who finds this intuitive. > >
