Indeed, I almost never install a GUI with Debian either. That said, this
seems like a good decision which should encourage further development of
Xfce.
On Aug 8, 2012 11:17 PM, "[email protected]" <
[email protected]> wrote:

> ** Huh. I never thought of Debian as having a default desktop. Then
> again, I always did netinstalls and never used the full CDs.
>
> Kyle Spencer <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> "The default desktop within Debian 7.0 'Wheezy' has changed from GNOME to
>> Xfce. GNOME, KDE, and LXDE will continue to be available, but the decision
>> was made to default to Xfce. The reported reasoning comes down to size
>> constraints in fitting GNOME on a single CD."
>>
>>
>> http://linux.slashdot.org/story/12/08/08/1455243/debian-changes-default-desktop-from-gnome-to-xfce
>>
>
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