Why does it need that much hard disk space?

[Igor Gueths]

Hi. You are using redhat right? Or Debian? If you are using Debian, there is a program called dselect, which runs during the installation and prompts you for packages you want to install. This is after the base system has been installed. Dselect will automatically select programs for you, and it will install about 90 packages. I believe that since the packages are pretty small, you have a very usable system in about 300-500 mb. Note: Don't say no if whatever distro asks you if you want to install additional packages. I did this, and ended up with a system that was unusable due to its lack of programs. And I didn't have any installaiton Cds, so I had to re-install Winblows and create the disks from the iso images. Hope this helps, write back if you have anymore questions. Privately or on-list.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: Buddy Brannan <davros at ycardz.com>
To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Wednesday, May 08, 2002 2:37 PM
Subject: Re: Why does it need that much hard disk space?


> Actually, Linux *doesn't* require all that space. Here's the big
> difference: Windows *does* require a bunch of space for its
> install. You get a few applications--basic word processor and text
> editor, clock, Internet connectivity, Web browser, file sharing, and
> so on--and you have to install most of it. A GNU/Linux system, on the
> other hand, gives you choices--which is what takes up most of the
> space. You can get a very minimal system on a couple floppies, but as
> I said, it's very minimal, generally tailored to a specific
> application--rescuing another system, acting as a router, etc. You can
> get a fairly usable system in something like 100 MB, including a
> compiler, browser, text editor, and so on. You can get a very complete
> system without X-Window in afew hundred megabytes, including several
> of most kinds of applications you're likely to use. 
> 
> The reason you're seeing the huge space requirement is that that
> installs a whole bunch of different applications, games, browsers, and
> so on, along with lots of development things, and a bunch of stuff
> you're likely not to use. The thing is, with a *full* multi-gigabyte
> installation, you've got about five of nearly anything to choose from
> for your use--by default. You can pare that down very easily to quite
> a lot less space. 
> 
> Someone else wanna explain that better?
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