Drop insecure desktop environments

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Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Newbie friendliness
30/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Active
Tech stack
linux, python
Domain
desktop, operating-systems

Research direction

No implementation file, test, or entry point is named. Start by reviewing how archinstall selects and installs desktop environments, then compare those options with the linked secureblue images and the request to avoid installing X11 by default; done requires an agreed secure-environment policy and corresponding behavior.

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describe the request

X11 is being abandoned anyways but also I think we should offer only secure desktop environments:

https://secureblue.dev/images

At least the ones with Wayland.

Also I think we shouldn't install X11 by default if possible.

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