[Fedora-music-list] Default Desktop Environment

[Brendan Jones]

On 02/16/2012 11:52 AM, Nikos Roussos wrote:
> Also keep in mind that Fedora Installer (Anaconda) needs at least 768MB
> RAM to work these days. So choosing a lightweight DE for old machines
> should not be a first priority because a user with an old machine won't
> be able to install it in the first place ;)
>
> Choosing a DE which needs less space is a valid argument indeed,
> although i have the feeling that most people use usb sticks for live
> images nowadays, so having an audio spin >700MB is not that bad.
>
> --
> Nikos Roussos
> about <http://autoverse.net/>
>

Just as a guide, I added the following packages below to an F17 LXDE 
x86_64 Live CD. Totals was 718M. LXDE without these packages is 541M.

The same kickstart file on F16 was 816M, due to frescobaldi pulling in 
KDE (this kickstart was not looking at the updates repo).


(NOTE: pulseaudio and a bunch of fonts are removed)
# fedora audio
multimedia-menus

# alsa / jack / transport
jack-audio-connection-kit
qjackctl
jackctlmmc
a2jmidid
alsa-firmware
alsa-plugins-jack
alsa-plugins-pulseaudio
alsa-tools
alsa-tools-firmware
alsa-utils
alsamixergui

# midi
arpage
qmidiarp
timidity++
seq24

# DAWs
ardour
rosegarden
muse

# notation / editors
frescobaldi
swami
lilypond
audacity

# synths / samplers
zynaddsubfx
fluidsynth
qsynth
#ams
bristol
hydrogen

# guitar effects
guitarix
rakarrack

# samplers /
sooperlooper
audacious

# plugins
calf

lv2-EQ10Q-plugins
lv2-abGate
lv2-avw-plugins
lv2-c++-tools
lv2-fil-plugins
lv2-invada-plugins
lv2-kn0ck0ut
lv2-ll-plugins
lv2-mdaEPiano
lv2-swh-plugins
lv2-ui
lv2-vocoder-plugins
lv2-zynadd-plugins
lv2core
lv2dynparam
slv2

ladspa
ladspa-amb-plugins
ladspa-autotalent-plugins
ladspa-blop-plugins

ladspa-cmt-plugins
ladspa-fil-plugins
ladspa-mcp-plugins
ladspa-rev-plugins
ladspa-swh-plugins
ladspa-tap-plugins
ladspa-vco-plugins

dssi
fluidsynth-dssi
hexter-dssi
nekobee-dssi
whysynth-dssi
xsynth-dssi