[ubuntu-studio-devel] availability of alternate DEs

[Ralf Mardorf]

On Sat, 06 Oct 2018 18:55:01 +0000, jaquilina at eagleeyet.net wrote:
>Arent there during installation certain things which get downloaded
>from the repos but the downloads are masked from the end user?

Hi,

a default install from an Ubuntu desktop flavour could be done without
an Internet connection at all.

Not everybody does provide a DHCP connection, for PPPoE it wouldn't be
possible to download without notifying the user.

A hidden download would be a serious privacy violation.

Regards,
Ralf