Dear Max, Dear all: using these two variants
[*] Debian desktop environment [*] ... GNOME [*] Debian desktop environment [] ... GNOME works completely fine and you will end up with a fully featured GNOME desktop environment :) However, in this case [] Debian desktop environment [*] ... GNOME installation completely fails X(. I just tested with a recent Debian netinst 13.1.0 iso myself. It's seldom a good idea to deselect/uncheck essential/standard installation tasks. You will end up in a uncomfortable situation. Regards Sebastian _______________________ Dipl.-Chem. Sebastian Kraus Email: [email protected] On 11/5/25 03:43, Max Nikulin wrote:
On Tue 04 Nov 2025 at 10:31:00 (-0500), Greg Wooledge wrote:On Tue, Nov 04, 2025 at 13:46:12 -0000, Bigsy Bohr wrote:On 2025-11-04, Greg Wooledge wrote: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 "Debian Desktop" is selected AND NONE OF THE OTHER DESKTOPS ARESELECTED, then the installer will choose a Desktop Environment *for* you. If the installer is the standard one, it will choose GNOME.You convinced me that I may be wrong with my warning to uncheck Debian desktop when the intention is to install a DE other than GNOME. My reading of the initial question is if the following variants in installer result in some difference for installed system (unsure concerning precise labels) - [X] Debian desktop - [ ] GNOME - ... (others are not checked) vs. - [ ] Debian desktop - [X] GNONE - ... (others are not checked) With the root node referred to as "Debian" and another one as "Debian Gnome" On 04/11/2025 23:17, David Wright wrote:apt-get install task-lxde-desktop apt-get install task-lxde-desktop task-desktop apt-get install task-desktop task-lxde-desktopWithout looking in the installer code it is not convincing for me. Installer may execute some additional commands (for user convenience). Perhaps instead of - [X] Debian desktop - [ ] GNOME - [X] KDE I used - [X] Debian desktop - [ ] GNOME - [ ] KDE expecting to get some common packages (e.g. desktop-file-utils), branding like wallpapers, etc., expecting no DE packages. I got GNOME despite it was unchecked. Installing new instances is not regular activity for me. Maybe next time I will try parent + some non GNOME checkbox to be sure. From my point of view the menu should be without the parent checkbox: - Desktop environment - [X] GNOME (recommended) - [ ] KDE - ...
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