Re: Small xorg?
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> From: Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com>
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
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> Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2012 11:57 AM
> Subject: Re: Small xorg?
>
> On Mi, 18 iul 12, 10:37:14, Patrick Bartek wrote:
>>
>> As I recall, only the required dependencies were installed. I needed
>> the system to be as lean as possible due to the RAM limitations, but
>> still be easily usable. Perhaps, a little background for
>> clarification:
>>
>> The Thinkpad 240X (500Mhz PIII, 192MB RAM) was acquired used about 5
>> years ago, and initially Debian Sarge and XFCE were installed along
>> side Windows 2000 Pro--dual boot. I used the installer's
> "Expert"
>> option, and installed just the base system--no X anything, then used
>> Aptitude to build the rest of the system, piece by piece. I let
>> Aptitude determine the necessary dependencies.
>
> aptitude and apt-get install Recommends by default. In your situation it
> probably makes sense to disable that, but be careful about what you are
> missing.
I made sure only true dependencies were installed as far as the initial system set up. I installed Sarge 4 or 5 times before I got it the way I wanted it. I did, however, keep track of the "Recommends" for later install, if needed. IIRC, at that time--5 years ago--Recommends weren't installed by default by either aptitude or apt-get. Don't know about synaptic. Used it more for searching than installing. Still do.
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