On Tuesday, January 18, 2011 09:44:55 am Rex Dieter wrote: > On 01/18/2011 08:35 AM, Armelius Cameron wrote: > > Please forgive my ignorant, but I've always wondered about this. What's > > the primary difference between using Fedora KDE Spin v.s. the full > > distro ? I don't mean to try it on live media, I want to install on hard > > drive. In the past, I think I have just got the full DVD distro and pick > > KDE as desktop environment > > First off, a clarification of terms, by "Full Distro" you mean using DVD > installer? If so, Yes, sorry for not being clear the first time. > Several differences and pros/cons to each. Off the top of my head: > > kde spin: > (pro) is a live image, useful for quick-testing > (pro) fast, but simple, installer > (con) can't choose to add/remove components at install-time > > DVD installer: > (pro) includes full gnome and kde desktops > (con) a much bigger download > (pro) installer has more features: more formatting options, can make > software selections Thanks Rex. In my case I don't care about live image (need to fully install) and download size is not a problem. So I guess I'll go with the DVD installer since I'll need the flexibility of creating my own partitioning scheme, etc. AC _______________________________________________ kde mailing list kde@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/kde New to KDE4? - get help from http://userbase.kde.org
