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Re: unlisted mirrors & non-gui installation



On Tue 13 Oct 2015 at 17:37:15 +0300, moxalt wrote:

> On Mon, 12 Oct 2015 23:07:35 -0500, Adrian O'Dell <crimsonmane@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > "standard system utilities" is vague; one would think this is such like 
> > whois, tracert, etc. Perhaps this option should be removed, in tandem 
> > with "Console-Only" being added.
> 
> So what does 'standard system utilities' actually mean? What does it install? I
> always install from netinstall, and prefer text-mode environments. I usually
> install X and a window manager later so I don't have to deal with a login
> manager. In the past, I was always unsure of what 'standard system utilities'
> actually meant, but took it as a euphemism for a basic text-mode environment.
> Is this the case?

Packages that developers think you will find useful to be on your system.
For a list:

  aptitude search ~pstandard

The package list is subject to alteration with each release.


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