[SM-Discuss] ISO suggestion

Jeremy Kolb jkolb at brandeis.edu
Wed Aug 4 11:16:34 EDT 2004


Quoting Eric Sandall <eric at sandall.us>:
>
> The problem with this (while it would be nice for some) is that many use
> SMGL
> because it doesn't install much in the beginning. ;) However, you do say
> that
> xorg could be optional (such as the NFS and SSH installs), but that would
> increase the ISO size quite a bit. 
> 
> I am not necessary against this as it would be a "nice" feature, but others
> may
> not like it.
> 
> What do people think of adding xorg (and only xorg, not xfree86) and,
> say,
> blackbox (it's small and fast) as an optional install?
> 
> -sandalle
> 
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I like having a minimal iso.  When you add X you have to make sure it's
configured correctly and it adds a lot of stuff to the iso.  It also adds more
room for problems.

Jeremy





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