On Wed, 2006-06-07 at 11:35 +0100, Andy Green wrote: > Norm wrote: > > > Personally I prefer Gnome, but then that is my choice. One thing I like > > about Linux when compared to that other operating system is one does > > have choices. > > My feeling is the core of Fedora at 5 cd's is getting a little out of > > hand; if I may make a suggestion in this area why not reduce the core to > > a true minimum needed to intiate an installation and create bundles of > > I have suggested this before, only much more hard'core'. The "true > minimum' needed to initiate an installation is a relatively small > packageset that does not require X or a Desktop Environment, in fact I > proposed to precook that minimum into a tarball and poop it onto your > HDD in one shot, boot into that and bring in what you need in a < 1 > minute install action. > > Put another way, no playing favourites, blow Gnome into Extras too, turn > the actual 'core' into something that is good for Firewalls, routers, > server duties AND the basis of a Desktop box. +1 Ralf
