Feature changed by: Bruno Friedmann (bruno_friedmann) Feature #309257, revision 5 Title: kernel choise during installation openSUSE-11.3: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Stefan Schäfer (flacco) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: Since openSUSE 11.2 the special desktop-kernel is installed as default kernel during installlation. As its name says, this kernel ist optimized for desktop installations. I would prefer to choose my prefered kernel during the system installation. Alternativ the kernel choice could be combined with the choise of the desktop system. KDE,Gnome,XFCE = kernel-desktop minimal grafic, text-based server installation = kernel-default / kernel pae Business case (Partner benefit): openSUSE.org: The most of my openSUSE installations are server- installations ;-) Discussion: #1: Mariusz Fik (fisiu) (2010-04-02 22:21:40) openSUSE DVD has -desktop and -default kernel included. During installation just choose one You want to install at the package selection screen. #2: Lars Müller (lmuelle) (2010-08-24 16:41:36) It's already possible to chnage the kernel flaviour from the package details section while install. I strongly suggest not to add an extra question as this make the install for a Linux newcomer harder. Therefore -1 + #3: Bruno Friedmann (bruno_friedmann) (2010-09-30 08:12:23) + There's no way for a newcomer to find the install minimal server choice + easily. + Futhermore, if he do that, he will just try to redo the install, as no + graphics interface would exist. + But for Advanced User, and Administrator, it's just a pain in ass, to + not able to have quickly a server type install. + So two solutions exist : + * -correcting the label "As minimal non desktop env, with a desktop- + kernel flavor" + * -adjust the pattern to automatically select the kernel-default if + minimal server install is selected. + Related to https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=613216 + so -1 for the question + +1 for the correction -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/309257