On Mon 27 Jun 2011 at 21:17:15 -0700, Mark wrote: > Am I silly to think I'll be able to do this on 2 GB? The laptop has 4 GB > RAM so I'm not worried about swap space. On a Sid machine: Basic install X+startx+jwm+xrvt+iceweasel An empty /var/cache/apt/archives This totals 1.4 GB. Deleteting some unnecessary packages and all documentation would get it closer to 1.1 GB.