-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 29/05/10 11:55, Harry Rickards wrote: > On 29 May 2010 11:52, Paul Roach <roa...@roachy.net> wrote: > <snip> >> Unfortunately it wasn't a scientific test...but on Ubuntu I'd estimate >> about 50 seconds to login screen and a further 20 seconds to get GDM >> up. Debian seems to get to the login screen in about the same time >> (maybe a little less), but then only takes <10 seconds to get into a >> usable desktop. > > Did you install Gnome on Debian, because AFAIK XFCE is the default > desktop environment for Debian. > > <snip> Hi Harry, I was quite surprised, as somewhere down the line the Debian team have started offering a graphical installer with a choice of desktop environments....I opted for Gnome for familiarities sake for my wife and daughter :) I don't recall whether XFCE was in the options on the installer, but it reminded me of the old Red Hat graphical installer asking what type of system it was to be with a load of pre-selected packages that could then be customised. I installed from the minimal CD, by the way, and the installer just downloaded the components selected... -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/
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