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      <description>&lt;![CDATA[If you would like to try out different desktop environments on a GNU / Linux based OS then Debian offers a tool called tasksel. This will make it easier to choose a different desktop environment for example.&#xA;&#xA;You need to run this as root.&#xA;&#xA;tasksel&#xA;&#xA;which presents you with the following.   &#xA;&#xA;cc-by logo&#xA;&#xA;The tasksel tool runs as part of the text based installation routine but post install you may want to change something without having to resort to using synaptic or other graphical package manager or even using apt from the linux terminal or console. &#xA;&#xA;You can also opt to install a webserver or ssh server. &#xA;&#xA;#Linux, #debian, #console, #software, #choice, #install&#xA;&#xA;You can find me on Friendica at zleap@social.isurf.ca&#xA;&#xA;---&#xA;&#xA;cc-by logo&#xA;&#xA;Licenced under Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)&#xA;&#xA;hr&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;table&#xD;&#xA;thead&#xD;&#xA;trtda rel=&#34;me&#34; href=&#34;https://qoto.org/@zleap&#34;Mastodon/a/td&#xD;&#xA;tda href=&#34;https://wiki.ircnow.org/?n=Shelllabs.Intro&#34;ShellLabs/td&#xD;&#xA;tda href=&#34;https://joinmastodon.org/&#34;Join Mastodon/a/td/tr/thead/table&#xD;&#xA;center&#xD;&#xA;AI statement : b Consent is NOT granted to use the content of this blog for the purposes of AI training or similar activity.  Consent CANNOT be assumed, it has to be granted. /b&#xD;&#xA;/center&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;a href=&#34;https://liberapay.com/PaulSutton/donate&#34;img alt=&#34;Donate using Liberapay&#34; src=&#34;https://liberapay.com/assets/widgets/donate.svg&#34;/a&#xD;&#xA;]]&gt;</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If you would like to try out different desktop environments on a GNU / Linux based OS then Debian offers a tool called tasksel. This will make it easier to choose a different desktop environment for example.</p>

<p>You need to run this as <strong>root</strong>.</p>

<p><a href="/paulsutton/tag:tasksel" class="hashtag" rel="nofollow"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">tasksel</span></a></p>

<p>which presents you with the following.</p>

<p><img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/zleap/blogmedia/master/freesoft/tasksel-small.png" alt="cc-by logo"></p>

<p>The tasksel tool runs as part of the text based installation routine but post install you may want to change something without having to resort to using synaptic or other graphical package manager or even using apt from the linux terminal or console.</p>

<p>You can also opt to install a webserver or ssh server.</p>

<p><a href="/paulsutton/tag:Linux" class="hashtag" rel="nofollow"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">Linux</span></a>, <a href="/paulsutton/tag:debian" class="hashtag" rel="nofollow"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">debian</span></a>, <a href="/paulsutton/tag:console" class="hashtag" rel="nofollow"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">console</span></a>, <a href="/paulsutton/tag:software" class="hashtag" rel="nofollow"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">software</span></a>, <a href="/paulsutton/tag:choice" class="hashtag" rel="nofollow"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">choice</span></a>, <a href="/paulsutton/tag:install" class="hashtag" rel="nofollow"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">install</span></a></p>

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