Just a note: I found the "suggested" system requirements (system requirements are listed under the install notes for each processor/architecture type)
http://www.us.debian.org/releases/etch/i386/apds02.html.en If you look at the "Desktop Environment" option, you see that the download size is 454 MB. Wow. So when I install the Etch on my VMWare, I might choose *not* to install the Desktop Environment. I could then complete the installation, and use apt-get or aptitude to get KDE, and see how long that takes. Thanks, --Nate --- In [email protected], "nneff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > when installing, if you really want to keep it slim and trim, don't > > even choose the desktop environment. > > But I want a desktop environment. I just don't want the other 480 MB > of stuff that my Sarge install downloaded when I installed Sarge. > > The reason I ask is because when I installed Sarge, I only chose > "Desktop Environment" from "Phase 3" of the Bworks > Wiki:http://bworksshop.pbwiki.com/Installing%20Debian%20Sarge > > However, the install took about 1/2 hours over a DSL connection, the > VM size was 2GB. > > All I want to do is do a base install (with GUI/Desktop), and see if I > can run newest KTurtle/edutainment package. > > Any suggestions? Is there some other option on the installation that > I can choose which will ixnay the > 400 MB of extra stuff that is > downloaded, or is that Debian's signature? > > I'll google some ideas and post anything that I found. > > > --- In [email protected], Theresa Kehoe <tms@> wrote: > > > > On Tue, 2007-04-10 at 17:44 +0000, nneff wrote: > > > > > Question: Does anyone Can I tell the installer not to download > > > friggin' 500 MB of install packages, or is that just Debian's "niche"? > > > > Unless Debian has significantly changed things, you should be able to > > download a network install image, which should be very small. Then, > > when installing, if you really want to keep it slim and trim, don't even > > choose the desktop environment. This will give you a Debian system sans > > GUI (so you can choose and install your own). Or does that not answer > > your question? > > > > Now here is a question not just for you but for the whole group: who > > wants to take on doing a clean Debian "etch" install on a minimum spec > > machine? That is, PIII 500MHz or better, 128MB RAM, 4-6GB hard drive? > > It would also be nice to test it out, to see if KDE still performs > > nicely on the newer version with 128 RAM, and to test how well Gnome > > does under the same constraints. Because if I'm not mistaken, won't > > this new version allow us to use the updated KTurtle? > > > > t. > > -- > > *** Propositions arrived at purely by logical > > means are completely empty as regards > > reality. - Albert Einstein *** > > >
