Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: rbowman Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: Wayland Makes Progress Date: 11 May 2026 15:45:04 GMT Lines: 20 Message-ID: References: <10sv1kk$gjtg$1@dont-email.me> <20260501155425.00007474@gmail.com> <10t3bmo$1og72$8@dont-email.me> <20260504152020.000053cd@gmail.com> <10tbbff$1nih$5@dont-email.me> <20260505081230.00005ae5@gmail.com> <10tdork$oc5h$3@dont-email.me> <20260505152642.000071fd@gmail.com> <10tef2c$u1ph$1@dont-email.me> <20260506084347.000049fe@gmail.com> <18ad06ee0d21bf57$37606$2332849$802601b3@news.usenetexpress.com> <68u6dmx6t3.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net nRBAyS1MO79WRDlQt11aPwjxun9KI/FaT8fBUZgyymSGihtRpp Cancel-Lock: sha1:C7lBhTr3kB1RaD/ZNXIe40ewQRA= sha256:Zv7EfXWzxsLdUUG/WXhpzNatxiFovE4li8IZo1f/s0k= User-Agent: Pan/0.162 (Pokrosvk) Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:86378 On Mon, 11 May 2026 11:20:12 +0200, Carlos E.R. wrote: > Default install on Leap 16 is now a minimal text mode. You have to > choose a desktop. I thought I had. I'm not fond of the installer. Most distros I've worked with go through a series of screens to set the localization, provide any necessary wifi credentials, create the user account, select a DE, etc. Arguably all that stuff is there in the menus on the left of the installer screen. Hey, I'm old and semi-senile and need a little hand holding. I think I've gotten it beaten into shape. It's on a laptop but I use an external monitor via a KVM switch. Some dialogs displayed on the laptop, others on the external. I thought VS Codium was broken because it seem to freeze then I tried to open a file. The laptop is not in my peripheral vision so it took a while to notice the file selection dialog was displayed on the laptop.