On Thu, May 01, 2008 at 02:53:30PM +0100, john lewis wrote:
> IMHO admin tasks should be done as the root user and not as a pseudo
> root.
Other than not liking it, can I ask why you think that?
> My biggest gripe with debian is that gnome is the default GUI
> interface, which as I'll never use it is a bit of a pain as it means I
> have to bail out of the installer after the basic system is installed
> and do a manual install of  X + wmaker + any apps needing X.
You can select which tasks to install in the debian installer, do a
minimal install and then install whatever you want afterwards.
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