kde in extras - the devel discussion

[Ralf Corsepius]

On Wed, 2006-06-07 at 11:35 +0100, Andy Green wrote:
> Norm wrote:
> 
> > Personally I prefer Gnome, but then that is my choice.  One thing I like 
> > about Linux when compared to that other operating system is one does 
> > have choices.
> > My feeling is the core of Fedora at 5 cd's is getting a little out of 
> > hand; if I may make a suggestion in this area why not reduce the core to 
> > a true minimum needed to intiate an installation and create bundles of 
> 
> I have suggested this before, only much more hard'core'.  The "true 
> minimum' needed to initiate an installation is a relatively small 
> packageset that does not require X or a Desktop Environment, in fact I 
> proposed to precook that minimum into a tarball and poop it onto your 
> HDD in one shot, boot into that and bring in what you need in a < 1 
> minute install action.
> 
> Put another way, no playing favourites, blow Gnome into Extras too, turn 
> the actual 'core' into something that is good for Firewalls, routers, 
> server duties AND the basis of a Desktop box.

+1

Ralf