May I chime in? I'm currently installing a squeeze system, didn't bother using
expert mode or fishing around for extra commands, and started the install,
expecting to get a choice when selecting desktop environment in tasksel, and
didn't really want to install a big desktop because it's a slow
I'm very suprised to see syslinux menus being used to offer a choice
amoung desktop environments. This subverts d-i's design principles on
several levels:
1. It's a fundamental principle of d-i's UI design that we ask questions
using debconf. And the clumsiness of this syslinux menu UI for
On Thursday 27 August 2009, Joey Hess wrote:
I'm very suprised to see syslinux menus being used to offer a choice
amoung desktop environments.
It was discussed extensively when the functionality was implemented.
Most people were happy to at last have the option in *some* form, even
though far
On Aug 27, 2009, at 3:31 PM, Frans Pop wrote:
On Thursday 27 August 2009, Joey Hess wrote:
I'm very suprised to see syslinux menus being used to offer a choice
amoung desktop environments.
It was discussed extensively when the functionality was implemented.
Most people were happy to at
On Thursday 27 August 2009, Rick Thomas wrote:
Why not a step in the installer menu (perhaps immediately prior to
tasksel) -- only displayed at expert priority -- that gives you a
selection list of available desktops -- pick one or more?
That's not exactly a new thought.
But if you're going to
We may not have a task ATM, but the user *can* choose which desktop to
install from the installer's boot menu (for i386/amd64). See:
http://www.debian.org/releases/lenny/i386/ch06s03.html.en#di-install-software
Some CD images (businesscard, netinst and DVD) also allow selection
of the
On Saturday 22 August 2009, Fathi Boudra wrote:
We should revisit Joey's argument.
Personally, I agree with you. But I do feel the choice should only be
offered if it is done correctly. And that means someone will need to
invest a significant amount of time to implement it.
Here are my
Hi,
Let's re-discuss the situation as Lenny is released.
On another front, the situation changed for opensuse (see my previous mail on
the bug report). Below, you'll find some links about it and I think it's the
way to go:
http://lwn.net/Articles/345139/
We may not have a task ATM, but the user *can* choose which desktop to
install from the installer's boot menu (for i386/amd64). See:
http://www.debian.org/releases/lenny/i386/ch06s03.html.en#di-install-software
Some CD images (businesscard, netinst and DVD) also allow selection
of the
Package: debian-installer
Severity: wishlist
debian-installer for Lenny should have a desktop selector if the Desktop task
is chosen, or separate tasks for at least KDE and Gnome, and better if for XFCE
as well.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 5.0
APT prefers testing
APT policy:
On Friday 09 January 2009 10:10:37 Philip Hands wrote:
On Fri, Jan 09, 2009 at 09:44:43AM +0100, Noel David Torres Ta??o wrote:
Package: debian-installer
Severity: wishlist
debian-installer for Lenny should have a desktop selector if the Desktop
task is chosen, or separate tasks
Le vendredi 9 janvier 2009 11:11:13 Noel David Torres Taño, vous avez écrit :
Well, I'll left it closed, but I was thinking in how newbie users
accustomed to KDE would install a Debian KDE computer without them being
asked all the 'low' questions and without having to type anything when
On Fri, Jan 09, 2009 at 11:11:13AM +0100, Noel David Torres Ta??o wrote:
...
Well, I'll left it closed, but I was thinking in how newbie users accustomed
to KDE
would install a Debian KDE computer without them being asked all the 'low'
questions
and without having to type anything when
Hi,
IMHO, it's too late to change things now for Lenny. But I guess, we'll need to
re-discuss the situation after Lenny release for KDE 4 series.
Especially when I read this:
http://www.kdedevelopers.org/node/3416
and the nice screenshot here:
http://en.opensuse.org/Image:OS11.0beta1-inst7.png
On Fri, Jan 09, 2009 at 11:12:12AM +, Philip Hands wrote:
KDE Folks,
Might I suggest that the front page be modified to have a link somewhere
prominent, near the top, linking to the page about how to get KDE
installed on debian
Also, you should note that in Lenny the default
On Friday 09 January 2009 17:18:42 Ana Guerrero wrote:
I hope the website is a bit clearer now. Still have to update the
instructions for lenny.
done.
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