From owner-freebsd-sysinstall@freebsd.org Fri May 27 09:28:37 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-sysinstall@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BA9E4B4A840 for ; Fri, 27 May 2016 09:28:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from crodr001@gmail.com) Received: from mail-io0-x22f.google.com (mail-io0-x22f.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4001:c06::22f]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 853A31CC4; Fri, 27 May 2016 09:28:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from crodr001@gmail.com) Received: by mail-io0-x22f.google.com with SMTP id f8so68672560ioe.3; Fri, 27 May 2016 02:28:37 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject :from:to:cc; bh=egXSniOZsArD4TNULifOW26YfS+LUHiOYgnh+ljOzoQ=; b=hwLgbYAIn2Qw+wdFyApdzwjefIZndHJxb+kg2NMUAR9oYxn4mBB6Lqwd4S7UHXqnRj Zrb6h3RFfTQouYTVSRGSn2C5Q6NMJ/r/0tiRB201ZtQ25o1XNW49r6gSa1b0UBrZqG66 I3LkgzB11D6AqUbZbfWYBy8NtE5CVxWDgNRqeHjENEYWJQgAuK7IbyxzyoYf2BD5nHbx wuIDNHMlYGnYIXp9uZ1R228tYUwbpoq+qAhlUwgNB+WMDJgMeMKAXkNS0o070/Ol1Frp 2c6Lu/CP1geVgIph8E9OrsSfs6OzyaLdI8nnSln0EF+AGQVLxuILl+fsVDIgxf9Lb5pi EDMQ== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:cc; bh=egXSniOZsArD4TNULifOW26YfS+LUHiOYgnh+ljOzoQ=; b=g4U1WhZR7O53zQNFK3FxiT8y7Fy5EqaVhk4JRpuYQA37ayN2V6vkggmh6sA+YJNh5a wB+p/SzjVvraxpuRYATW/21i8Sa8SLnJZRkdH9NYPeR1GEYtvxT9+QEYYShiWI+kiqye gvFa8ZhFDchP4fsjM5ReKDYRcUv/rPJNNqyx55Lum+nFyajE7QxHrhAEDaNsJOb9c2mc Qu6NCA4u0pxSot368/IrPvpYM1c994MCtM/+frJ5+sXuVI9V1b/DXNaVfy5LDhvhDzWe aPXQZiLXwkZGPGc4FdOiXsJPUkpgM9StFSPkbteLA19WqhEe+Hh2EIvdnIaoAOIW3pEv onug== X-Gm-Message-State: ALyK8tLa6UR8SpTels6GEUpbY8gwHGNa7Q5TTzY6Yv+5iUb0Jc7WL9W4ow+G43XpIOcS4KQxlnJNvdS2ndd/kA== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.107.11.18 with SMTP id v18mr13572118ioi.184.1464341316965; Fri, 27 May 2016 02:28:36 -0700 (PDT) Sender: crodr001@gmail.com Received: by 10.50.144.164 with HTTP; Fri, 27 May 2016 02:28:36 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Fri, 27 May 2016 02:28:36 -0700 X-Google-Sender-Auth: oZ5xkPluKBRS1dtzTWVhoBhJWlI Message-ID: Subject: Fwd: Add option to sysinstall to install an X desktop, similar to Debian? From: Craig Rodrigues To: freebsd-sysinstall@freebsd.org Cc: Allan Jude , Alfred Perlstein Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.22 X-BeenThere: freebsd-sysinstall@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.22 Precedence: list List-Id: Sysinstall Work List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 27 May 2016 09:28:37 -0000 [Resending due to message size restriction of freebsd-sysinstall@freebsd.org ] Hi, I recently had to install Debian Linux 8.4.0 in a VM to test some things I was working on. I was pleasantly surprised by how easy it was to use Debian's text-based installer and get a usable desktop system up and running very quickly. I really liked the menu option that allows you select a desktop environment (one of GNOME, Xfce, KDE, Cinnamon, MATE, or LXDE). I have a screenshot: https://people.freebsd.org/~rodrigc/debian_desktop_installer.png Allan, do you think it would be possible to copy a subset of this Debian screen to the FreeBSD installer, with the option to install a desktop set to OFF by default? I'm sure that there are lots of opinions about which desktop to choose, but having a menu with 6 options to choose from seems quite reasonable to start with. Thanks. -- Craig