> > I don't know which normal versions you are talking about, but I always > > install Debian using netinst. > > http://www.debian.org/CD/netinst/ > > At some point during the installation it asks you which type of system > > you are installing and you just uncheck everything. > > What you get is a very small installation that will boot to a console. > > >From there you can install things as you need them. > ^^^^^^^^^ > This. You can actually do similar things with other distributions, but > basically, they make it *easy* to have tons of software, but it's > quite possible to install very, very, little.
Yes! This is exactly what I've been doing for years. The other thing I do on Debian, where I tend to install a lot of stuff through aptitude, is to go into aptitude's settings and disable "install recommended dependencies automatically". Sometimes recommended ones make a lot of sense. But sometimes they lead to a long chain of bloat that you don't need. tim _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
