Why does it need that much hard disk space?

[Alex Snow]

And if you find that you need something after you've installed the thing,
It's not that hard to modify the installed packages.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ann Parsons" <akp at eznet.net>
To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Wednesday, May 08, 2002 2:50 PM
Subject: Why does it need that much hard disk space?


> Hi all,
>
> Well, if you go with Red Hat, what do you expect?  Also, you do not
> need to install *everything* on your hard drive at all!  I dunnow
> about RH, but Debian gives you an option where you can select the
> packages you want to install.  The X stuff you don't need yet, so
> dispense with it.  Some of the other stuff you may not need either.
> I'm sure someone here can help you to determine just what you do and
> don't need to install.
>
> Red Hat may have an install program for folks who want to do it
> manually instead of installing the whole kitten-kabootle.
>
> Ann P.
>
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