On Sat, Apr 16, 2022 at 08:21:57PM +, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote:
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> In some sense, if you're using synaptic and a desktop environment you've
> already lost a minimal install.
A very good point, BTW. My daily driver has no synaptic, for example, and
yet it is a far cry from a minimal
On 2022-04-16 at 16:21, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote:
> On Sat, Apr 16, 2022 at 08:50:22AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote:
>
>> A goal of the Debian installer is to create a system that can be
>> used by *ALL* people to use for *ANY* possible purpose.
>
> The goal of the installer - debian-installer -
On Sat, Apr 16, 2022 at 02:24:32PM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote:
> On 04/16/2022 09:21 AM, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote:
> > On Sat, Apr 16, 2022 at 08:50:22AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote:
> > > A goal of the Debian installer is to create a system that can be used by
> > > *ALL* people to use for *ANY*
On Sat 16 Apr 2022 at 14:31:49 (+), Andy Smith wrote:
> On Sat, Apr 16, 2022 at 08:50:22AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote:
> > A goal of the Debian installer is to create a system that can be used by
> > *ALL* people to use for *ANY* possible purpose.
>
> Including yours…
>
> [problems with
On Sat 16 Apr 2022 at 08:50:22 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote:
> A goal of the Debian installer is to create a system that can be used by
> *ALL* people to use for *ANY* possible purpose.
This is your gloss. The goal of d-i is to install Debian. That is its
only goal.
> I find the resulting
On 04/16/2022 09:21 AM, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote:
On Sat, Apr 16, 2022 at 08:50:22AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote:
A goal of the Debian installer is to create a system that can be used by
*ALL* people to use for *ANY* possible purpose.
I find the resulting system:
1. consumes more disk space
Hello,
On Sat, Apr 16, 2022 at 08:50:22AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote:
> A goal of the Debian installer is to create a system that can be used by
> *ALL* people to use for *ANY* possible purpose.
Including yours…
[problems with Debian installer]
> I plan to get around these problems by
On Sat, Apr 16, 2022 at 08:50:22AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote:
> A goal of the Debian installer is to create a system that can be used by
> *ALL* people to use for *ANY* possible purpose.
>
> I find the resulting system:
> 1. consumes more disk space than necessary.
> 2. consumes excessive
A goal of the Debian installer is to create a system that can be used by
*ALL* people to use for *ANY* possible purpose.
I find the resulting system:
1. consumes more disk space than necessary.
2. consumes excessive bandwidth during installation.
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