[CLUE-Tech] Software Audit

[mike havlicek]

Sorry to bitch and moan :)

I don't need a lesson in minimalism ... I have built
linux when SLS was the weak man's way out :)


--- Greg Knaddison <greg.knaddison at gmail.com> wrote:

> I feel like a broken record ;)
> 
> How about:
> 
>
http://www.simpaticus.com/linux/howto/html-single/Small-Netserver-HOWTO.html
> 
> It's written using FC1, but you can probably learn a
> lot and get a lot
> of ideas about how to "strip" a system from the
> fedora-minimal group.
> 
> 
> 
> On Tue, 24 Aug 2004 10:02:27 -0600, Kevin Fenzi
> <kevin at scrye.com> wrote:
> > >>>>> "mike" == mike havlicek
> <mhavlicek1 at yahoo.com> writes:
> > 
> > mike> Hey folks, I am a bit dissapointed with
> RedHat and its
> > mike> derivatives.
> 
> So don't use them?  Or contribute code to fix them?
> 
> > mike> I must be missing something with rh8 and rh9
> into fedora.  What
> > mike> I want to do is audit my installations and
> remove unneaded
> > mike> software. When I go to the gui to add and
> remove packages I am
> > mike> unsatisfied with the refinement.
> > 
> > Which GUI? Are you talking about the installer?
> 

X with twm or mwm ... hehe

> I think he's talking about the fact that many
> packages in Anaconda
> have dependencies on X and/or gnome, but you are
> limited in knowing
> this during install.  You just say, "oh yeah, such
> and such tool
> sounds nice" but then you get a system with X on it
> as well.
> 

Yep and btw the anaconda kickstart script pooped out
at install seems to be broken. For starters the
partition layouts use decimals which kickstart
doestn't like....



> > mike> Plus for a server why do I need any GUI
> anyway ..
> 
> In general, hard drive space is cheap.  If you don't
> want X using
> system resources, use a lower init level as default.
> 

Security. Know what is running on your machine before
the FBI shows up at your door. Do your own audit
before they audit you ... I bet it .. ouch is worse
than an IRS audit ... :)


> > 
> > mike> There are tons of GTK and other gui support
> libs...  sigh...
> > 
> > At least in fedora core 2 you can install a server
> and tell it
> > 'no X'
> > 

I don't like all the broken stuff with fedora C2. I
use LVM and even that is broken at boot.....

> > mike> I want to strip this system clean of most
> "Desktop" related
> > mike> stuff :) Just enough to let me strip the
> system if you know what
> > mike> I mean :)
> > 
> > There is also a 'minimal' install at the bottom
> near the everything
> > install. Try using that and then adding anything
> you need using yum or
> > one of the automated tools. ;)
> > 
> 
> This seems like very good advice to me.  I would add
> in a step of "fix
> /etc/yum.conf to point to some nearer repositories"
> but other than
> that it's great.
> 
> Greg
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