How does one get a clean installation of Fedora?

[Martin Skjöldebrand]

On Monday 29 July 2013 15.12.53 lee wrote:
> আনন্দ কুমার সমাদ্দার Ananda Samaddar <asamaddar at myopera.com> writes:
> > On Sun, 28 Jul 2013 23:49:42 +0200
> > 
> > lee <lee at yun.yagibdah.de> wrote:
> >> > To do a minimal install, when the main anaconda (install) window
> >> > appears, click where it says "Gnome Desktop" and scroll down to find
> >> > "minimal". Note that a minimal install is very minimal. Expect to
> >> > take some time to find the packages you want/need.
> >> 
> >> A minimal install doesn't have a gui, and I don't need a gnome
> >> desktop. But if I did that, could I have installed what I have now
> >> without, for example, avahi installed?
> > 
> > It looks like you'd be better served using something like Arch if you
> > want minimalism.
> 
> It's not about minimalism, it's about not having things installed and/or
> running that I don't need.
> 
> Perhaps I'd be better off with arch or gentoo, perhaps not.  They might
> have other disadvantages.

The main disadvantage - if you are impatient - is that it is source package 
based. So everything is compiled when you install it. Installing KDE takes a 
bit of time ...

One of the main advantages - if you are patient - is that it is source package 
based. You can set compile time variables on each package so they are compiled 
to your liking. (e.g. You can add mp3 support to one app while disabling it in 
another.)


/Martin S