On Monday 02 November 2015 16:38:29 moxalt wrote: > On Sun, 1 Nov 2015 01:02:19 +1300, Chris Bannister > <cbannis...@slingshot.co.nz> > > wrote: > > Logically, doesn't it make more sense to make it so that you install > > with the minimum number of packages necessary, and then download any > > extra packages you want *after* the install? > > Yes. In fact, even when I am installing desktop environments, I will use my > trusty netinstall CD anyway because I prefer doing the installation myself- > I feel insecure at the mercy of the installer, and prefer to just apt-get > things myself anyway. I'm a bit of a control freak that way. > > I have a really shaky internet connection, and I would just hate it to die > on me halfway through an enormous (say, GNOME) installation and then have > the entire thing fail. Much better to deal with things afterwards. More > control.
Yes, of course. But you are not a newbie. I'm all in favour of this being possible. Minimal and then it is up to you. Lisi