Re: [Cooker] Mandrake 7.2 + 8.0 bloated and resource hog!

[Michael Brown]

On Fri, 9 Mar 2001, Pete wrote:
> <snip> 
> Here is my point:
> This is the kind of mentality I am presented with most often. Oh, I know 
> operating systems, so I can do an expert install. What? There are 
> thousands of packages? Oh, well I have the hd space so I guess I will 
> install everything, and figure out what I need later.(Yeah, that will 
> happen!)  Or, I don't have the hd space, but don't want to weed through 
> thousands of packages, so I will let the installer only install 50% of 
> them. It knows what I need. :) I couldn't possibly do a standard 
> install, because when I do a standard install with a different operating 
> system it installs a bunch of stuff I don't want. Therefore I must do 
> either a custom or expert install. (And unknowingly install a bunch of 
> stuff I don't need or want)

Simple solution:

s/Expert/Linux Expert/

Michael