Task: desktop
Section: user
Relevance: 8
Test-desktop: 1
Description: Graphical desktop environment
 This task provides basic desktop software and serves as a basis for the
 GNOME and KDE desktop tasks.
Key:
  xorg
  xserver-xorg-video-all
  xserver-xorg-input-all
  desktop-base
  menu
# firefox (ne iceweasel) is the most popular web browser at the moment,
# although both gnome and kde offer their own too
  iceweasel
Packages: task-fields
Packages-list:
# the gimp is the best image editor, no matter the desktop
  gimp
# openoffice.org is the best word processor / office suite at the moment
  openoffice.org
  openoffice.org-gcj
# make help menu work
  openoffice.org-help-en-us
# make thesaurus work
  openoffice.org-thesaurus-en-us
# make spellchecker work
  myspell-en-us
# Since neither the gnome nor kde desktop tasks may be available, include
# enough basic X stuff here for a minally useful desktop without them.
  twm
  xterm
# For use by third-party apps.
  xdg-utils
# mdns/zeroconf stuff
  avahi-daemon
  libnss-mdns
# desktop machines might not be up 24/7
  anacron
# The following packages are the same as the packages in the print-server
# task and provide printing via CUPS.
  cups
  cups-client
  cups-bsd
  foomatic-db-engine
  cups-driver-gutenprint
  hpijs
  hplip
  hp-ppd
  foo2zjs
# gui for configuration of the print server
  system-config-printer
# CPU frequency scaling
  cpufrequtils
# Warn about and allow reporting kernel oopses.
  kerneloops
# 3d acceleration (with free drivers)
  libgl1-mesa-dri
# Make sure that CDs etc can be ejected. May not be installed by d-i.
  eject
# sound
  alsa-utils
  alsa-base
# flash -- Note that gnome recommends browser-plugin-gnash; if this is changed
# here to a different flash player, it should also be changed there.
  browser-plugin-gnash
# ensure pm-utils is available
  pm-utils
