Fedora Core LT

[OmniUni]

I have worked often on computers that are not the greatest when it comes to 
the specs. Because of this, I thought that it would be a good idea to have a 
2 CD, light-weight version of Fedora Core. I set myself to putting together 
just such a system, and you will find a list of the packages attached, 
called package-selection.txt. All toghether, the packages total only 1383 
MB. If some packages need to be removed to fit on two CD's, I reccommend 
removing xmms, Abiword, Gnumeric, kdegraphics, and inkscape first. These 
packages, along with their dependencies, are nearly 40 MB. It is my hope 
that this can become a Fedora Core LT branch that will allow many more 
people to use Fedora Core. Here are some notes on the package list:

   - A calculator needs to be added
   - KDE default theme should be changed to Plasik
   - Available window managers: Fluxbox, XFCE4, KDE
   - Available office apps: OpenOffice, Abiword, Gnumeric
   - Available media apps include: GIMP, Inkscape, KolourPaint, 
   KSnapshot, Noatun, XMMS
   - Available internet apps include: Firefox, Thunderbird, GAIM, 
   Konqueror
   - Other Apps: yum, K3B, KSysGuard, system-config-display etc.
   - If it does not fit on two CD's, please try to remove these apps 
   first: inkscape, kdegraphics, abiword, gnumeric, xmms
    
To try this package selection, print out added-yum.txt. Then perform a 
minimal install and run "yum install [packagecommand]" for each line in the 
printed added-yum.txt, where [packagecommand] is replaced by each line of 
the document.Change the default runlevel to 5, and you're ready to go! The 
list of commands is actually not too long.

Good Luck, and I hope that this is useful.
Please respond with thoughts, comments, suggestions, whatever... (maybe even 
some iso's! :D )

Sincerely,
OmniUni

[David Hollis]

On Fri, 2005-06-24 at 13:57 -0400, OmniUni wrote:

>        * A calculator needs to be added
>        * KDE default theme should be changed to Plasik
>        * Available window managers: Fluxbox, XFCE4, KDE
>        * Available office apps: OpenOffice, Abiword, Gnumeric
>        * Available media apps include: GIMP, Inkscape, KolourPaint,
>          KSnapshot, Noatun, XMMS
>        * Available internet apps include: Firefox, Thunderbird, GAIM,
>          Konqueror 
>        * Other Apps: yum, K3B, KSysGuard, system-config-display etc.
>        * If it does not fit on two CD's, please try to remove these
>          apps first: inkscape, kdegraphics, abiword, gnumeric, xmms 
Not a bad idea to have a thinner, lighter version but it should really
follow Fedora's standards more.  For example, GNOME should be the UI and
if you are shooting for a slimmer profile, why would there be so many
redundant packages (3 window managers, 3+ office suites/apps, various
graphics apps).  Shouldn't it just be a best-of-breed/consistent with
the rest style choice?  And packages that aren't even included in FC
itself shouldn't be included (Gnumeric moved to extras, Inkscape,
noatun, etc are not in core).

-- 
David Hollis <dhollis(a)davehollis.com&gt;

[Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams]

On Fri, 2005-06-24 at 16:53 -0400, David Hollis wrote:
>  And packages that aren't even included in FC
>  itself shouldn't be included (Gnumeric moved to extras, Inkscape,
>  noatun, etc are not in core). 
I would just like to say that putting non-Core packages in it isn't
necessarily a bad idea, you just can't call it "Fedora Core" anymore.

-- 
Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams <ivazquez(a)ivazquez.net&gt;
http://fedora.ivazquez.net/

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[Jef Spaleta]

On 6/24/05, Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams <ivazquez(a)ivazquez.net&gt; wrote:
>  I would just like to say that putting non-Core packages in it
> isn't
>  necessarily a bad idea, you just can't call it "Fedora Core" anymore.
There is a large number of such 2 disk subsets that could be created
like this.  I'm pretty uncomfortable with opening the door to every
possible re-combination of Extras + Core simply because it can be
done. I'm pefectly willing to discuss such re-combinations that have a
specific aim in mind. In this case, I'm not sure the package
selections make sense for the stated task.
Isn't the first 2 disks of the Core set already designed to do a
default Desktop install?

-jef

[Mark Drago]

On Fri, 2005-06-24 at 13:57 -0400, OmniUni wrote:
>  I have worked often on computers that are not the greatest when it
>  comes to the specs. Because of this, I thought that it would be a good
>  idea to have a 2 CD, light-weight version of Fedora Core. I set myself
>  to putting together just such a system, and you will find a list of
>  the packages attached, called package-selection.txt. All toghether,
>  the packages total only 1383 MB. If some packages need to be removed
>  to fit on two CD's, I reccommend removing xmms, Abiword, Gnumeric,
>  kdegraphics, and inkscape first. These packages, along with their
>  dependencies, are nearly 40 MB. It is my hope that this can become a
>  Fedora Core LT branch that will allow many more people to use Fedora
>  Core. Here are some notes on the package list:
>  
>  Sincerely,
>  OmniUni 
How does this differ from just doing a 'Personal Desktop' install of FC
that only requires the first 2 CDs anyway?

--Mark.