Thanks Daniel For the clear and comprehensive answer. Seems then to preserve bandwidth I should probably go with the live XFCE image since I already have one downloaded.
I had thought that the netinstall might give me a lighter XFCE but seems not Thanks again Padraig -- Padraig [email protected] On Mon, 1 Sep 2014, at 06:59 PM, Daniel Baumann wrote: > On 09/01/2014 10:25 AM, Padraig wrote: > > In terms of the final packages installed is there any difference between > > a netinst ( selecting xfce in advanced) and a prbuilt live XFCE image ? > > in some cases, there is, yes. > > in the live image, we include the laptop task. the installer image will > only install that (or suggest to install it) if the system has been > detected as a notebook. > > in the live image, we include open-vm-tools and > virtualbox-guest-additions{,-x11} packages. the installer image will > only install (or suggest to install) virtualbox-guest-additions{,-x11} > if the system has been detected as a virtualbox vm. > > in newer live images, we do remove > virtualbox-guest-additions/open-vm-tools if the package have been > installed on the image but not selected manually by the user through > other means, resulting in a default-removal even on vbox systems (yes, > that is a bug that should be reported/fixed in live-installer). > > -- > Address: Daniel Baumann, Donnerbuehlweg 3, CH-3012 Bern > Email: [email protected] > Internet: http://people.progress-technologies.net/~daniel.baumann/ > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [email protected] > Archive: > https://lists.debian.org/[email protected] > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: https://lists.debian.org/1409606187.2268993.162423289.68222...@webmail.messagingengine.com
