On 2018-02-19 23:13, Felix Miata wrote:
Carlos E. R. composed on 2018-02-19 21:41 (UTC+0100):
2018-02-19 21:33 +0100, Peter Suetterlin composed:
Hmm, wasn't there the option to just install the basic X stuff? Then you only need the DE-of-choice afterwards. Should not be too much download, is it?
Yes, that would be an option, but the pattern was removed from the list a year or two ago. There is a basic text pattern, but no basic X pattern. Or I did not see it.
It is the desktop that is used as failback, too.
The installer devs wanted the initial package screen to be kept as simple as possible, so basic X got moved to the screen that follows selection of the 4th option, "Custom". There it's called "X Window System", which provides IceWM from the XDM login manager. That same screen also offers XFCE, LXDE, LXQt, Enlightenment and Mate, in addition to re-offering Gnome and KDE, and offering a wealth of other patterns, such as print server, file server, development, laptop and Xen.
Well, XFCE was not there, I'm sure of that. Without network it is not there. I will try to see if the "minimal X" is there. [...] Confirmed, no Internet; with Custom the software selection window has a "X window system" pattern. It includes icewm-default. Also confirmed that XFCE is not there. I tried with the "openSUSE-Leap-15.0-DVD-x86_64-Build129.1-Media.iso" media on a VM, host only network. I did not complete the install, aborted. -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 42.2 x86_64 "Malachite" at Telcontar)