Core + Extras

[Keith G]

>> I like the idea of separate fedora-server, fedora-gnome and fedora-kde
>> CDs, although I think main essential applications like openoffice and
>> firefox should be on the main CD.  I think it would be better to split
>> the CDs thus:
>>
>> * fedora-gnome = basic OS + Gnome + main essential applications
>> * fedora-kde = basic OS + KDE + main essential applications
>> * fedora-server = basic OS + server packages
>> * fedora-extras = other popular packages and applications
>> * fedora-devel = All the development libraries and applications that
>> most users never install
>>
>> That way a user can set up a working os with as little as 1 cd.
>
> openoffice.org takes up almost 700mb by itself.
>
> (You want "essential", try abiword at 7MB and gnumeric at 12MB.)

According to the OpenOffice.org download page, the linux version of
2.2.13 is 120MB.  That's not including the SDK and such, but most
users wouldn't need that anyway.  So the 'normal' OpenOffice
installation could easily be included as one of the main essential
applications on the fedora-gnome and fedora-kde CDs as stated above.

I think this is the best course of action, and I know it's technically
possible, because its similar to what Ubuntu does with their two
distros:
* Ubuntu = basic OS + gnome + essential apps (incl. openoffice) = 1 CD
* Kubuntu = basic OS + KDE + essential apps (incl. openoffice) = 1CD

Keith.