And if you find that you need something after you've installed the thing, It's not that hard to modify the installed packages. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ann Parsons" <akp@xxxxxxxxx> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Wednesday, May 08, 2002 2:50 PM Subject: Why does it need that much hard disk space? > Hi all, > > Well, if you go with Red Hat, what do you expect? Also, you do not > need to install *everything* on your hard drive at all! I dunnow > about RH, but Debian gives you an option where you can select the > packages you want to install. The X stuff you don't need yet, so > dispense with it. Some of the other stuff you may not need either. > I'm sure someone here can help you to determine just what you do and > don't need to install. > > Red Hat may have an install program for folks who want to do it > manually instead of installing the whole kitten-kabootle. > > Ann P. > > -- > Ann K. Parsons > email: akp at eznet.net ICQ Number: 33006854 > WEB SITE: http://home.eznet.net/~akp > "All that is gold does not glitter. Not all those who wander are lost." JRRT > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >
