Re: Well, time to cut to the bone...
--- cecil <xeys_00@yahoo.com> wrote:
> "base" install for debian takes up? I was going to dual boot to dos(250
~200 MB.
> meg). All I need is my development stuff(pretty much already included),
> the pcmcia package, and X. Well, I don't NEED X, but it would be nice.
> How much space does Gnome take up? Is it better just using twm? Any
You might just about get away with X and build-essential installed on a
2GB drive, but I wouldn't use Gnome. That has 47MB worth of libs depending
on it. Use something a bit lighter, like fvwm.
> sort of simple office suite also, I guess.
Hmm, you might get away with OO.o, again, it depends.
-- Thomas Adam
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