Editing Debian (section)

=== Desktop environments ===
[[File:XFCE 4.12.3 on Debian 9.3.png|thumb|Xfce is default on CD images and non-Linux ports.]]

Debian offers CD and DVD images specifically built for [[Xfce]], [[GNOME]], [[KDE]], [[MATE (desktop environment)|MATE]], [[Cinnamon (desktop environment)|Cinnamon]], [[LXDE]], and [[LXQt]].<ref name="squeeze released">{{cite web |title = Debian 6.0 'Squeeze' released |publisher = Debian |url = http://www.debian.org/News/2011/20110205a |date = 2011-02-06 |access-date = 2011-02-06 |archive-date = February 21, 2011 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110221183035/http://www.debian.org/News/2011/20110205a |url-status = live }}</ref> [[MATE (desktop environment)|MATE]] support was added in 2014,<ref>{{cite web |url = https://packages.debian.org/wheezy-backports/mate-desktop |title = Package: mate-desktop (1.8.1+dfsg1-1~bpo70+1) |access-date = 2014-07-06 |publisher = Debian |archive-date = July 14, 2014 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140714115428/https://packages.debian.org/wheezy-backports/mate-desktop |url-status = live }}</ref> and [[Cinnamon (desktop environment)|Cinnamon]] support was added with Debian 8 Jessie.<ref>{{Cite web |title =  Details of package cinnamon in jessie |url = https://packages.debian.org/en/jessie/cinnamon |website = packages.debian.org |access-date = 2015-09-06 |archive-date = September 9, 2015 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150909035505/https://packages.debian.org/en/jessie/cinnamon |url-status = live }}</ref> Less common [[window manager]]s such as [[Enlightenment (window manager)|Enlightenment]], [[Openbox]], [[Fluxbox]], [[IceWM]], [[Window Maker]] and others are available.<ref>{{cite web |url = https://packages.debian.org/sid/x-window-manager |title = Virtual Package: x-window-manager |publisher = Debian |access-date = 2014-05-27 |archive-date = May 27, 2014 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140527231641/https://packages.debian.org/sid/x-window-manager |url-status = live }}</ref>

The default desktop environment of version 7 Wheezy was temporarily switched to Xfce, because GNOME 3 did not fit on the first CD of the set.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTE1NTk |last = Larabel |first = Michael |author-link = Michael Larabel |title = Debian Now Defaults To Xfce Desktop |publisher = [[Phoronix]] |date = 2012-08-08 |access-date = 2012-08-27 |archive-date = August 10, 2012 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120810220558/http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTE1NTk |url-status = live }}</ref> The default for the version 8 Jessie was changed again to Xfce in November 2013,<ref>{{cite web |url = http://linux.softpedia.com/blog/Debian-8-0-quot-Jessie-quot-Ditches-GNOME-and-Adopts-Xfce-397262.shtml |title = Debian 8.0 'Jessie' Ditches GNOME and Adopts Xfce |last = Stahie |first = Silviu |publisher = [[Softpedia]] |date = 2013-11-05 |access-date = 2014-11-22 |archive-date = November 29, 2014 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141129051655/http://linux.softpedia.com/blog/Debian-8-0-quot-Jessie-quot-Ditches-GNOME-and-Adopts-Xfce-397262.shtml |url-status = live }}</ref> and back to GNOME in September 2014.<ref>{{cite web |url = https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/tasksel/tasksel.git/commit/?id=dce99f5f8d84e4c885e6beb4cc1bb5bb1d9ee6d7 |title = switch default desktop to GNOME |last = Hess |first = Joey |publisher = [[Alioth (Debian)|Alioth]] |date = 2014-09-19 |access-date = 2014-11-03 |archive-date = November 4, 2014 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141104013603/https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/tasksel/tasksel.git/commit/?id=dce99f5f8d84e4c885e6beb4cc1bb5bb1d9ee6d7 |url-status = live }}</ref>