with deb? I never seen more than a gb, and that was with updates. I just installed the needed packages. I did try to limit my packages, but I got what was needed from apt. didn't use x-windo or anything. Thanks, Tyler Littlefield. Vertigo head coder "My programs don't have bugs, just randomly added features." msn: compgeek134 at hotmail.com email: compgeek13 at gmail.com aim: st8amnd2005 skype: st8amnd127 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Karen Lewellen" <klewellen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2007 1:30 PM Subject: a question about distro size? > > >> Greetings all, > Granted this wisdom may be dated, but ages back the guidance was, at > least > with Debian, to install the full server unless one was strong in > customizing > since that way you had all of the tools you needed. > This may have changed but if one prefers a fully loaded package > distribution, > how much hard drive space should one anticipate needing? Just a general > guess > is fine. > Thanks, > Karen >> >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup