Eric Boutilier wrote: > > What hit me is that in order to be viable these days, any > desktop implementation needs Firefox, and that Firefox > is based on GNOME (GTK+) libraries, Glib, Pango, ATK, > et al. So what does this have to do with this document? > Well, in addition to the set of packages needed to get > X running[1], all the packages that Firefox needs (lots of > them) are also required. So here's a copy of that set. In > specific, this set is intended to comprise the additional > packages that Firefox depends on, but not to include > any superfluous packages:
I'll assert w/o proof that any desktop that needs firefox & gnome isn't small, and the utility of stripping things out of a end-user desktop is minimal at best. I just installed Solaris 10 build 39 (all + oem) on a little via box. I could have used a 4G microdrive and had 500 M left over. It has staroffice, java, etc, compilers (gcc), everything that might be needed. The fact that this box has a 40G laptop drive means I have lots of space left over.... and this is a _tiny_ drive. Why minimize? -= Bart -- Bart Smaalders Solaris Kernel Performance barts at cyber.eng.sun.com http://blogs.sun.com/barts
