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It's not given that xfce is necessarily a bad choice. That seems to have played into it, regarding to the comment. Personally, I would say it is the most natur
by onli 14y ago
It's not given that xfce is necessarily a bad choice. That seems to have played into it, regarding to the comment.
Personally, I would say it is the most natural choice for Debian. Also, staying away from DEs regarded as developer-unfriendly like gnome3 or unity fits (remember the eclipse-bug?).
Furthermore, developers I know seem to not like medias like dvds, switching instead to the internet where possible, so they are quiet likely not to buy something fancy like a dvd-burner. Or maybe that's just me.
- rijoja 14y agoI agree that xfce is a natural choice for Debian. I suppose that most computers have DVD players, but DVD discs are more expensive than CDs. Even if the difference is rather small it feels unnecessary to waste a DVD when I CD could do the trick. Especially since you only use the installation disc a few times. Having a physical disc has a advantage over USB drives namely that it can be used as a rescue disc later on. Data on a USB drive tends to be overwritten and you might not always have another computer available.