xfce spin size

[Ron Leach]

Nathan Thomas wrote:
> 
> 
> On 19/09/10 00:18, Kevin Fenzi wrote:
>> Currently we are over sized on the Xfce spin for f14: 
>>
>>       xfce-i386-20100917.16.iso   17-Sep-2010 17:54  727M  
>>       xfce-x86_64-20100916.15.iso 16-Sep-2010 17:07  728M  
>>
>> So, we need about 30ish MB. 
>>
>> I can't see any easy thing to remove, so I am going to reluctantly
>> suggest we remove the java-1.6.0-openjdk* packages. :( 
>> This means no java plugin out of the box on firefox (openjdk seems to
>> have issues with midori, so I wouldn't call it working there). 
>>
>> Any objections? Or other items people see for us to remove?
> 
> Do we need QuodLibet if Parole will happily play audio files?
> 
> Could we replace the GIMP with something smaller?
> 
> I'm just thinking that those who need more specialist software like the 
> GIMP will probably know how to get it, but new users who fire up a web 
> browser and come across web pages that don't load properly might not 
> know that they need to install the java package. It's hassle enough 
> trying to get flash working, without having to jump through another hoop 
> to get full internet access!

+ 1 for having Java in Firefox, as standard.

GIMP is pretty impressive in a live-CD, but it is less mainstream than 
FF/Java.

I noticed that Geany is on my FC13 system (which I've added many 
things to) but if that is included, is important for development work?

Certainly, FF and Java are pretty important.

And I agree that XFCE is useful for reduced-spec machines.

regards, Ron