Re: Debian IS for the enterprise (Was: Debian Enterprise?)
On Thu, 20 Nov 2003 19:49, Turbo Fredriksson <turbo@debian.org> wrote:
> It have been discussed before, I know, but I still find this a problem.
> Debian is _WAY_ to big! We don't NEED 8000 packages!! On my main server
> (which is also a 'user server' - imap, pop, mail, shell and what not) I
> have 1155 packages installed. On my workstation at home 447...
The problem of course is which packages to remove. Some of those 1155
packages are probably what I consider dross.
No individual needs 8000 packages, but collectively the Debian users need the
vast majority of them.
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