[CLUE-Tech] Debian: gpm not installing by default

[Sean LeBlanc]

On 04-20 14:04, David J Jackson wrote:
> Zonker --
> I just did a semi-standard/stable install, of Debian.
> And I do seem to recall a problem with one versionof X and mice?
> Debian reminds me the why Slack used to be a couple of years ago as far as
> basic disk space use.
> What whatever reason, it got a little "bloated" over the years, not as bad as
> RedBloat :)
> Of course if you want a really "Spartin" install give OpenBSD a fling !!! I
> would agree that Susie
> is the worst install, with all taht CD swapping.

Yeah, you aren't kidding about the OpenBSD install. FreeBSD is pretty
slim at install time, so I expected OpenBSD to be small, but wow. I started
a net install from floppy for the OpenBSD install, and it was done before I
could even think about running off and doing something else. On a similar
machine (Pentium I, 100Mhz), Redhat 7.2 took 20+ minutes (and a CD swap, no
less) to install, and that was AFTER I manually deselected lots of frivolous
things.  For some reason, Redhat wants to install things like lame and
vorbis and other sound and/or GUI stuff for a *server* install, IIRC.
Ridiculous. If I wanted that sort of functionality (sound, GUI, etc) on a
server, why not pick W2K? Well, not taking into account all the rebooting
and the M$ tax that W2K would require? 

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