From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from birch.cc.uic.edu([128.248.155.162]) (2344 bytes) by braille.uwo.ca via smail with P:smtp/D:aliases/T:pipe (sender: ) id for ; Wed, 11 Apr 2001 14:38:48 -0400 (EDT) (Smail-3.2.0.102 1998-Aug-2 #2 built 1999-Sep-5) Received: (qmail 17921 invoked from network); 11 Apr 2001 18:39:35 -0000 Received: from sdc1770.eastdorm.uic.edu (HELO SDC1770) (131.193.225.179) by birch.cc.uic.edu with SMTP; 11 Apr 2001 18:39:35 -0000 Message-ID: <003c01c0c2b6$4e0bb380$b3e1c183@eastdorm.uic.edu> From: "Gregory Nowak" To: References: Subject: Re: slackware query please. Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2001 13:35:33 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 List-Id: I can't say for sure until I get to go home this weekend and check out my Linux partition usage, but I think a full install (x, gnome, development packages, the WHOLE works) is around 1.8 Gb. That's for 7.1. But again, don't quote me on that just yet. Greg ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kirk Wood" To: Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2001 6:47 AM Subject: Re: slackware query please. > A quick check of the slakware site indicates that you can install a > minimal setup with 50MB of space. It doesn't indicate what the space for a > "typical" install is. But I would guess about 1.5GB of space. Many distros > take that much space as the "typical" includes full developer support for > console and X. It contains most server services. And generally would > represent a winblows install with all the macroslop dev software and other > server products. > > I would recomend the first order be to trim back from a spoon fed > install. It takes a long time to select what you want, but you don't end > up with many things you wont need and actually represent a security risk > since they may run with some default config you are unaware of. > > ======= > Kirk Wood > Cpt.Kirk@1tree.net > > Nothing is hard if you know the answer or are used to doing it. > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >