Do i simply install on top of a Debian server OS? Which .iso do I download/install?

I think even XFCE is rather bloated and have Debian XFCE on 2 other drives already, so will test out Debian stable nonfree with xfwm standalone. I have the names of the top 5 packages to add and will worry about the rest later. I am in no hurry to get this perfect yet. But, I would like to install the fundamentals tomorrow.

  • mekkagodzilla@lemmy.world
    2·
    2 years ago

    I would suggest:

    1. Use any debian 12 iso
    2. When you get to the stage where you get to choose what to install (it’s called tasksel and looks like tasksel : untick whatever desktop environment is selected. You’ll get a bare minimal install with no graphics server
    3. Reboot into the installed system, and install whatever you want from there.
  • hucste
    2·
    3 years ago

    Do an install with the netinstall.iso, without any DE, and after install only xfwm.

  • southerntofu
    1·
    3 years ago

    There is no specific server edition for Debian. The standard iso will prompt you to install a desktop environment, if you don’t tick any boxes you’ll setup a CLI environment, and from there you can setup what you want.

  • SudoDnfDashY
    1·
    3 years ago

    Install headless (No GUI)

    sudo apt install xfwm

    sudo apt install (Display manager)

    sudo systemctl enable (Display manager)

    Select Xfwm on login.