workstation spin

[dwoody5654]

On 06/08/2015 03:44 AM, Peter Boy wrote:
>> Am 08.06.2015 um 08:40 schrieb Michael D. Setzer II <mikes at kuentos.guam.net>:
>>
>> On 8 Jun 2015 at 7:55, Peter Boy wrote:
>>
>> I recently setup an
>> machine using the workstation option. Did an rpm -qa afterwards, and it have
>> over 1000 less things installed than my other systems that had been
>> upgraded from versions where you could select things, and also add other
>> things.
>>
>> ……
>>
>> I stated back when it was Red Hat 9, before the fedora came out, and liked
>> using the DVD options, and then selecting more to install.
> The live distribution gives you no software selection option, indeed. You may use the network install (e.g. http://ftp.halifax.rwth-aachen.de/fedora/linux/releases/22/Workstation/x86_64/iso/Fedora-Workstation-netinst-x86_64-22.iso). It gives you back a "virtual DVD“. Not as detailed as it previously used to be.
>
>
>> Also, didn't like the server option, since tried it on another machine, and it
>> didn't install the graphical desktop??
>>
>> Even doing an update you have to say nonproduction (?)
>>
>> Perhaps there is an option to still do this, but the default download I got
>> seemed to be very limited.
> There is a net install option as well which might give you more options. Haven’t tried yet.
I have used the netinstall on several commputers. I do an minimal 
install with just enough X to run a graphical desktop, then I run a 
script to install the software that I want on each computer. Not all 
computers get the same software. Works great.

David
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