On Sat, Oct 16, 2010 at 1:59 AM, Russell Senior <[email protected]>wrote:
> >>>>> "Richard" == Richard Owlett <[email protected]> writes: > > If you want a non-bloaty base installation, you could try Debian. It > lets you install with a minimum of packages to start with. Then you > can add more as you need them. However, Debian is not a particularly > hand-holding distribution. So, your mileage may vary. Ubuntu is > without doubt a friendlier place to start. Stuff "Just Works" with > Ubuntu most of the time. Debian requires a little more knowledge to > avoid cutting yourself on the edges. > > I am mostly ignorant of the RPM based distributions, so that advice > comes with a FWIW. > > > I usually start installing Debian by installing the above mentioned minimum system. At some point in the Debian installation it presents you with a menu so you can choose what to install. It has one thing checked by default. If you uncheck that, it will install with a nice core set of applications that will boot into console mode. Since you are probably comfortable with command line type of work, you can work from there using apt-get install packagename to add whatever packages you want. apt-get takes care of the package dependencies for you. apt-cache search keyword will allow you to search the packages to find the name of the one you want to install. If you want to move to a graphical environment you have several choices. One of them is the KDE desktop for which you can install a minimal components using apt-get install kde-core. Bill Barry _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
