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From: dan Murphy <thedanmint551@verizon.net>
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Well I can't comment on any of the other distros, but I think slackware 
fully installed is between 3 and 4 gigs.
On Wed, 19 Sep 2007, Karen 
Lewellen wrote:

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>
>> Greetings all,
>  Granted this wisdom may be dated, but ages back the guidance was, at least
>  with Debian, to install the full server unless one was strong in customizing
>  since that way you had all of the tools you needed.
>  This may have changed but if one prefers a fully loaded package distribution,
>  how much hard drive space should one anticipate needing? Just a general guess
>  is fine.
>  Thanks,
>  Karen
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