[aclug-L] Re: Project suggestion

[John Goerzen <jgoerzen@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Which distro are you using?

Michael Holmes <maholmes@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> What am I doing wrong, I am trying to set up a minimal x system (fit in a 
> 100mb
> hd)
> 
> Mike
> 
> John Goerzen wrote:
> 
> > 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
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> > --
> > John Goerzen   Linux, Unix consulting & programming   jgoerzen@xxxxxxxxxxxx 
> > |
> > Developer, Debian GNU/Linux (Free powerful OS upgrade)       www.debian.org 
> > |
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> > The 740,071st digit of pi is 1.
> 
> 

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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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The 584,857th digit of pi is 8.