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On Saturday 23 August 2025, Felix Miata via tde-users was heard to say:
That creates a minimal installation, IIRC with no GUI, or maybe just Xorg/X11 basics,
I tend to check the XFCE button, and then add TDE, selecting tdm as the login manager.
That way all the X11 dependencies are taken care of.
Building up from bare-bones takes more time, and the saving of disk space just isn't worth the effort anymore.
I agree with dep that the additional crap, such as automatic directories, is annoying.
The "net-install" image for Debian Trixie is now the size of a full CD. I had to do a test build to see what changes there were to /etc/apt/sources.list so that my in-place upgrade would work correctly.
- -- You may my glories and my state dispose, But not my griefs; still am I king of those. --- William Shakespeare, "Richard II"