On 2017-03-21, Lisi Reisz <lisi.re...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Tuesday 21 March 2017 00:38:36 Richard Owlett wrote: >> With the installer from DVD 1 of 13 the first option in taskel is for >> choosing to have a desktop - the default is yes. > > Thanks, Richard! This is as I expected - the default is to have a > desktop. I must find a machine on which I can safely do some net > install test installs. I should be getting one next month. But > again, the default certainly used to be to have a desktop. I > sometimes don't want oen - but land up with one if I go to sleep. :-/ > Lisi > >
Consider using preseeding[1] if you find yourself installing frequently. For example, you can preselect a standard installation only (no desktop), or an xfce-desktop installation, and so on. 1: https://wiki.debian.org/DebianInstaller/Preseed -- Liam