Linux bloating.

I've been able to get RH 7.2 to about 350MB and I hear there are ways to
get it smaller.

Carl P

On Wed, 2002-02-13 at 12:51, Kevin Brown wrote:
> Smallest I've gotten RH 7.2 in is about 700MB, then had to compile a kernel and
> QT from source and those added about 250MB. I don't use KDE or Gnome (nice
> features, but too bloated for an old P150). I use IceWM and pipe it across my
> network to the windows boxes thanks to Exceed. I could get the install smaller,
> but then I wouldn't be able to compile source code on the box.
>
> Current count is about 280 rpms to get a functional RH Linux distro for me.
>
> > Sound more like your installs are bloated to me. When you install your
> > system, only pick the stuff you will actually be using and you will have an
> > install that is only a couple to a few hundred megs.
> > I've built servers with mandrake that were under 100 megs, and with mandrake
> > 8.2 you can have an install that is much smaller than before.
> >
> > Ditch all those LDAP server and news server and video games that require 3D
> > since you don't have the horse power to play them anyway... etc...etc..
> >
> > > Noticed the last couple of installs, that at least
> > > Mandrake and RH 7.2 are getting bloated. I had
> > > trouble fitting them to 2 gig drives.
> > >
> > > Does anyone know where a person could pick up around
> > > two or three 6 to 8 gig IDE hard drives cheap?
> > >
> > > I have an old p166 that won't recognize anything over
> > > around 8 gig.
> > >
> > > Off list would be fine.
> > >
> > > Joe
> > > Jtannenba@yahoo.com
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