[aclug-L] Re: Project suggestion

[John Goerzen <jgoerzen@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

This is not the case with Debian, I have made a Debian install use
less than 40 MB on the first run.  You can load a minimal set right
off the bat.

-- John

Michael Holmes <maholmes@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> I know they are already out there, but if you have low hard drive space,
> like most non-rich people do (older computers ) To solve dependencies,
> you must first install stuff with the development packages, then once
> installed, remove the development packages, and then install the rest of
> the stuff.  This is the only way to make linux with x-windows to fit
> under 600M. X windows installs with just 24.3 meg, but, it's
> dependencies cause you to load an additional 242 meg in development
> software!
> 
> I was also wondering, is there a listing of what each package is on the
> disk, other than the actual install program.  Something you could just
> pull up and sort through, or pull up on an editor?
> 
> Mike
> 
> 
> 

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John Goerzen   Linux, Unix consulting & programming   jgoerzen@xxxxxxxxxxxx |
Developer, Debian GNU/Linux (Free powerful OS upgrade)       www.debian.org |
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