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=== 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 |date=2011-02-06 |title=Debian 6.0 'Squeeze' released |url=http://www.debian.org/News/2011/20110205a |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110221183035/http://www.debian.org/News/2011/20110205a |archive-date=February 21, 2011 |access-date=2011-02-06 |publisher=Debian}}</ref> [[MATE (desktop environment)|MATE]] support was added in 2014,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Package: mate-desktop (1.8.1+dfsg1-1~bpo70+1) |url=https://packages.debian.org/wheezy-backports/mate-desktop |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714115428/https://packages.debian.org/wheezy-backports/mate-desktop |archive-date=July 14, 2014 |access-date=2014-07-06 |publisher=Debian}}</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 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150909035505/https://packages.debian.org/en/jessie/cinnamon |archive-date=September 9, 2015 |access-date=2015-09-06 |website=packages.debian.org}}</ref> Less common [[window manager]]s such as [[Enlightenment (window manager)|Enlightenment]], [[Openbox]], [[Fluxbox]], [[IceWM]], [[Window Maker]] and others are available.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Virtual Package: x-window-manager |url=https://packages.debian.org/sid/x-window-manager |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140527231641/https://packages.debian.org/sid/x-window-manager |archive-date=May 27, 2014 |access-date=2014-05-27 |publisher=Debian}}</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 |last=Larabel |first=Michael |author-link=Michael Larabel |date=2012-08-08 |title=Debian Now Defaults To Xfce Desktop |url=http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTE1NTk |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120810220558/http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTE1NTk |archive-date=August 10, 2012 |access-date=2012-08-27 |publisher=[[Phoronix]]}}</ref> The default for the version 8 Jessie was changed again to Xfce in November 2013,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Stahie |first=Silviu |date=2013-11-05 |title=Debian 8.0 'Jessie' Ditches GNOME and Adopts Xfce |url=http://linux.softpedia.com/blog/Debian-8-0-quot-Jessie-quot-Ditches-GNOME-and-Adopts-Xfce-397262.shtml |url-status=live |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 |archive-date=November 29, 2014 |access-date=2014-11-22 |publisher=[[Softpedia]]}}</ref> and back to GNOME in September 2014.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hess |first=Joey |date=2014-09-19 |title=switch default desktop to GNOME |url=https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/tasksel/tasksel.git/commit/?id=dce99f5f8d84e4c885e6beb4cc1bb5bb1d9ee6d7 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141104013603/https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/tasksel/tasksel.git/commit/?id=dce99f5f8d84e4c885e6beb4cc1bb5bb1d9ee6d7 |archive-date=November 4, 2014 |access-date=2014-11-03 |publisher=[[Alioth (Debian)|Alioth]]}}</ref>
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