On Sun, 26 Oct 2025 11:51:35 +0100 Holger Wansing <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > Pascal Hambourg <[email protected]> wrote (Sun, 26 Oct 2025 10:30:13 +0100): > > > Many users prefer more minimal GNOME install > > > > This is a separate issue, and would require e.g. a new "Minimal GNOME" > > task, and maybe renaming "GNOME" as "Full GNOME". > > Is this "Minimal GNOME" a typical use case?
I think there are many users who prefer gnome-core over gnome-desktop. > We cannot add entries for all possible variations, only the typical ones. > If you have special requirements, you can do this by hand. > > In the installer, don't select a desktop environment, only choose the > "standard system" task. > Then login into your new system as root and call > "apt install gnome-core" > to get your "Minimal GNOME" for example. I know that's a way for doing it, but: 1) With such approach we don't need tasksel at all 2) Isn't it recommended way to install such things like DE, by using tasksel?- so that system can properly deal with packages dependencies?
