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Re: Debian 12 install

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"Andrew M.A. Cater" <amacater@einval.com> writes:

>> <eladZ1i8@protonmail.com> نوشته بود:
>> > Hi, Just installed Debian 12 - have been using Debian since version 4 -
>> > I was greeted with the Google & Microsoft account info - now no longer
>> > using Debian - seriously how could you people do this - first Ubuntu now
>> > Debian pretty disgusting.
>> > regards
>> > Bob
>
> I think you'll find that this is explicitly not a Debian thing. It is something
> supplied with the latest GNOME desktops: if you don't select another desktop
> environment, then GNOME will come by default.
>
> This is *not* an explicit request for Google/Microsoft credentials - it's an 
> offer to you to put them in if you wish when you first run GNOME. The default
> answer is to Skip this in any event.

Is this something that should be (have - but it's never too late) in the
release-notes and/or some NEWS.Debian? could explain what gnome provides
and say it's optional - what is the user-visible feature that inputting
this info provides (I assume it syncs email or something, but then it's
not obvious to me why that entered into gnome and not some other
software)?

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Debian 12 install eladZ1i8 <eladZ1i8@protonmail.com> - 2023-06-20 16:10 +0200
  Re: Debian 12 install Danial Behzadi <dani.behzi@ubuntu.com> - 2023-06-20 16:10 +0200
    Re: Debian 12 install Cindy Sue Causey <butterflybytes@gmail.com> - 2023-06-20 18:00 +0200
    Re: Debian 12 install "Andrew M.A. Cater" <amacater@einval.com> - 2023-06-20 18:40 +0200
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