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Re: Attempting a VERY minimal install (using --no-install-recommends ;)

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On 04/24/2019 08:11 PM, Patrick Bartek wrote:
> On Wed, 24 Apr 2019 12:36:29 -0500
> Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> wrote:
> 
>> I'm attempting a very minimal install because:
>> 1. small size in and of itself is a good goal
>> 2. fending for oneself is a valuable educational experience compared
>>      to having everything handed to you on a "golden platter" {Debian's
>>      default installer}
>>
>> My current experiments revolve around defining my personal take on a
>> minimal MATE desktop. Part of the motivation is that some recommended
>> packages clash with ones I wish to use. Just removing offending packages
>> after the fact is unaesthetic.
> 
> If you intend on using MATE or for that matter, any desktop
> environment, you're not going to get a VERY minimal install. Or even a
> small install.  I suggest you go with just a window manager.  That's
> what I did first with Wheezy, then Stretch.
> 
> Start with a clean terminal only system, then add X or enough of it to
> make things work, the window manager, etc. until you've got what you
> want. Add the applications and utilities that you need.  More work, but
> you do get a small, efficient system without all the crap an
> apt-get install MATE would get.
> 

No thanks. I wish "...my personal take on a minimal MATE desktop".
MATE has features I do not wish to reinvent. There currently exists a 
potential audience for this of EXACTLY one. There are personal goals 
that I won't go into ;}

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Attempting a VERY minimal install (using --no-install-recommends ;) Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2019-04-24 19:40 +0200
  Re: Attempting a VERY minimal install (using  --no-install-recommends ;) Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2019-04-24 20:20 +0200
    Re: Attempting a VERY minimal install (using --no-install-recommends  ;) Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2019-04-24 21:40 +0200
      Progress - was [Re: Attempting a VERY minimal install (using  --no-install-recommends ;)] Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2019-04-24 22:30 +0200
  Re: Attempting a VERY minimal install (using --no-install-recommends  ;) Georgios <gpdsbe+debian@mailbox.org> - 2019-04-24 20:20 +0200
    Re: Attempting a VERY minimal install (using --no-install-recommends  ;) Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2019-04-24 20:50 +0200
  Re: Attempting a VERY minimal install (using --no-install-recommends  ;) Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2019-04-24 21:40 +0200
  Re: Attempting a VERY minimal install (using --no-install-recommends  ;) mick crane <mick.crane@gmail.com> - 2019-04-24 21:50 +0200
    Re: Attempting a VERY minimal install (using --no-install-recommends  ;) Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2019-04-24 22:30 +0200
  Re: Attempting a VERY minimal install (using  --no-install-recommends ;) Patrick Bartek <nemommxiv@gmail.com> - 2019-04-25 03:20 +0200
    Re: Attempting a VERY minimal install (using --no-install-recommends  ;) Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2019-04-25 05:10 +0200
      Re: Attempting a VERY minimal install (using --no-install-recommends  ;) David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2019-04-25 07:30 +0200
        iwd and DNS (was: Re: Attempting a VERY minimal install (using  --no-install-recommends ;)) Erik Josefsson <erik.hjalmar.josefsson@gmail.com> - 2019-04-25 11:40 +0200
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          Re: iwd and DNS (was: Re: Attempting a VERY minimal install (using --no-install-recommends ;)) Jonas Smedegaard <jonas@jones.dk> - 2019-04-25 12:20 +0200
          Re: iwd and DNS (was: Re: Attempting a VERY minimal install (using  --no-install-recommends ;)) David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2019-04-25 17:50 +0200
  Re: Attempting a VERY minimal install (using --no-install-recommends ;) Jonas Smedegaard <jonas@jones.dk> - 2019-04-26 11:30 +0200
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