Re: Debian-lite (Was Re: Debian and Red Hat and Slackware prevalence )
Maybe It could have some restrain choices as with/without Xfree,
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-> >wanting to do it with a Slackware type install. I have this idea that there
-> >could be a subset of Debian packages designed for a single user (home pc)
-> >work station. The user could choose this option in dselect and get that type
-> >of installation. Then it would be as simple as it is now to upgrade
-> >packages. Instead of making a personal Linux distro just create a Debian
-> >subset.
->
->
-> This sounds like a 'good idea'. It would be nice to extract just the
-> packages needed to make a mini Debian that can be squeezed on a CD with
-> other stuff (see my email to debian-users about creating a CD for
-> Magazines).
->
-> Is there enough interest in doing this? I guess we need a mailing list
-> and people with enough hard disk space and Debian experience to
-> experiment. (I have none of this but I am happy to help anyway I can).
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