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From: Richard Kettlewell <invalid@invalid.invalid>
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: What Window Manager/Desktop Environment do you use, and why?
Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2025 18:48:20 +0100
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Rich <rich@example.invalid> writes:
> Marc Haber <mh+usenetspam1118@zugschl.us> wrote:
>> ¹ the user may be overwhelmed by the amount of questions an installer
>> asks, but alas, this is rocket science, isn't it?
>
> That is easy enough to avoid.  Start with a question of:
>
>    Do you want to configure many details of your setup, or would you 
>    prefer to accept all defaults?
>
>    [Custom Configuration]
>
>    [Accept All Defaults]
>
> Which gives the additional "choice" of being able to choose "I just 
> want it installed with no fuss" for those that want that vs. "I do want 
> to adjust most knobs" for the others who do want to tweak the knobs to 
> their liking.
>
> Of course, it is harder on the packagers to then support the "custom 
> config" path, because they now have to actually build out all those 
> configuration questions and UI's to obtain the answers.

Debian’s configuration-generarion system (debonf) has pretty much this
functionality, in the form of priority levels.

Even that isn’t essential (though it’s certainly convenient). It’s
software, you can change it as much as you like, as long after
installation as you like, even if the initial install is one-size-
fits-all.

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