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.
I would suggest:
- Use any debian 12 iso
- When you get to the stage where you get to choose what to install (it’s called tasksel and looks like : untick whatever desktop environment is selected. You’ll get a bare minimal install with no graphics server
- Reboot into the installed system, and install whatever you want from there.
Do an install with the netinstall.iso, without any DE, and after install only xfwm.
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.
Install headless (No GUI)
sudo apt install xfwm
sudo apt install (Display manager)
sudo systemctl enable (Display manager)
Select Xfwm on login.