On Tue, 2010-01-05 at 09:22 +1100, Chris Smart wrote: > Hi all, what's the best way to get a minimal Fedora system? What do you mean by minimal? > I assume it's by installing via the DVD and un-ticking package groups, > leaving just the base apps, but perhaps more seasoned Fedora users > have a better suggestion? The LiveCD version basic but functional. > The other day I installed F12 on a PPC machine with the network > installer and it only installed a base system (didn't even give me the > option for a graphical environment) which was neat. Trying to > replicate this on a x86 install however has not been successful. > > Ubuntu provides an "Install a command-line system" mode on the > alternate installation media. Does Fedora have something similar? I > didn't see any Anaconda options to do it.. > > Which brings me to another point, installing KDE instead of GNOME via > the DVD. When you un-tick GNOME and tick KDE, it still leaves all of > the default GNOME applications, which is rather annoying > (understandable though). openSUSE for example, bundles everything with > that one radio button, so un-ticking "GNOME" will not install anything > GNOME related (unless a direct dependency of something else you > install, of course). Is there a similar option in Fedora? Or should > one use the KDE Live CD or manually configure each package? Use the KDE LiveCD. poc -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
