I can't say for sure until I get to go home this weekend and check out my Linux partition usage, but I think a full install (x, gnome, development packages, the WHOLE works) is around 1.8 Gb. That's for 7.1. But again, don't quote me on that just yet. Greg ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kirk Wood" <cpt.kirk@xxxxxxxxx> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2001 6:47 AM Subject: Re: slackware query please. > A quick check of the slakware site indicates that you can install a > minimal setup with 50MB of space. It doesn't indicate what the space for a > "typical" install is. But I would guess about 1.5GB of space. Many distros > take that much space as the "typical" includes full developer support for > console and X. It contains most server services. And generally would > represent a winblows install with all the macroslop dev software and other > server products. > > I would recomend the first order be to trim back from a spoon fed > install. It takes a long time to select what you want, but you don't end > up with many things you wont need and actually represent a security risk > since they may run with some default config you are unaware of. > > ======= > Kirk Wood > Cpt.Kirk at 1tree.net > > Nothing is hard if you know the answer or are used to doing it. > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >
