On Thu, Sep 25, 2014 at 10:34:47AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > The majority of the remaining problems might be classed as > "philosophy of OS design". Debian automatically pulls in to many > do-dads/gizmos/geegaws/etc. The majority of those problems can be > addressed by setting --norecomends for apt-get and judicious > creation of appropriate meta-packages. > > I've a project to determine which packages with Priority: > important or standard I actually want in a base install. > > I'll be ordering a collection of Live CDs to see what example(s) > I might wish to follow. > > Suggestions? What is your exposure to minimalist Linux distributions? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightweight_Linux_distribution#Distributions_described_as_lightweight
To which I would add Linux from Scratch and (ahem) Arch Linux. Each of these would install with a minimum set of applications that you could add to as needed. This would address the philosophy issue nicely. Arch is installed as a minimal base system, configured by the user upon which their own ideal environment is assembled by installing only what is required or desired for their unique purposes. https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Arch_Linux And FWIW I've found maintaining a bunch of Arch systems easier than an Ubuntu system. -- Michael Rasmussen, Portland Oregon Be Appropriate && Follow Your Curiosity After your lover has gone you will still have PEANUT BUTTER! _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
