On 22/11/12 14:47, Greg Madden wrote:
> On Wednesday 21 November 2012 17:12:01 you wrote:
>> The big problem is: Wheezy is where debian defaults to kde4 and there
>> is no choice.
> I do not understand this. There are at least two times during a Wheezy
> install where one can choose:
> 1. What desktop environment to install, XFCE, LXDE,KDE,

So where's the choice for kde3? Not there afaict. Neither does a package 
search locate anything. I thought it was obvious we were discussing kde 
variants, not completely different desktops.
>  From  the first boot menu choose 'advanced options>alternate desktop
> environments>
> 2. boot menu>  Expert install , you walk through all the choices, more
> time consuming.
> 3. Or if you happen to hit the 'Install' or ' Graphical Install' option
> from the boot menu you can always unselect the 'desktop environment'
> during the 'Tasksel' phase.
>
> I have been using TDE 3.5.14, nightly builds, on Wheezy works well here.
> I always do a base/standard Wheezy net install, add Trinity sources,
> install TDE.
>
So I'm asking for baby steps for that process. I don't want to read 
something into that brief description and mess up a critical work 
system. I've had systems go bad due to package version messups before 
and I don't want to get it wrong. Many thanks to all for their help.

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