KDE Spin or Full Distro ?

[Temlakos]

On 01/18/2011 09:44 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,
>
> 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
>
> -- Rex
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True, one cannot choose to add or remove components at installation 
time. (Maybe not.) But the current version of KPackageKit does allow a 
user to choose to add/remove components of all types and categories at 
any time following installation.

What concerns me more than that issue is that the KDE spin does not seem 
to allow any alteration of the allocation of disk space between the 
/boot partition and the rest of the disk. One is "stuck" with the 
allocation of 0.5 GB for /boot and must hope that the execution of the 
"preupgrade" program will not use up all the space available at upgrade 
time.

Temlakos