KDE Spin or Full Distro ?

[Armelius Cameron]

On Tuesday, January 18, 2011 09:44:55 am Rex Dieter wrote:
> On 01/18/2011 08:35 AM, Armelius Cameron wrote:
> > Please forgive my ignorant, but I've always wondered about this. What's
> > the primary difference between using Fedora KDE Spin v.s. the full
> > distro ? I don't mean to try it on live media, I want to install on hard
> > drive. In the past, I think I have just got the full DVD distro and pick
> > KDE as desktop environment
> 
> First off, a clarification of terms, by "Full Distro" you mean using DVD
> installer?  If so,

Yes, sorry for not being clear the first time.

> Several differences and pros/cons to each.  Off the top of my head:
> 
> kde spin:
> (pro) is a live image, useful for quick-testing
> (pro) fast, but simple, installer
> (con) can't choose to add/remove components at install-time
> 
> DVD installer:
> (pro) includes full gnome and kde desktops
> (con) a much bigger download
> (pro) installer has more features:  more formatting options, can make
> software selections

Thanks Rex. In my case I don't care about live image (need to fully install) 
and download size is not a problem. So I guess I'll go with the DVD installer 
since I'll need the flexibility of creating my own partitioning scheme, etc.

AC