Perhaps we should call it "bloatos" ;-) Johnny Hughes wrote: >On Fri, 2005-05-13 at 06:55 -0400, kenkensmile at netscape.net wrote: > > >>I am using centOS for my server and centOS is extremely stable. I >>almost love centOS more than my wife. However, centOS is a bit heavy >>to run on my notebook (P III 1G, 256MB RAM). I need gnome, firefox, >>openoffice, realplayer, gaim, acrobat and thunderbird on my notebook, >>but if I install all of them (plus base-system), my notebook becomes >>very slow. I wish I could have a lighter version of centOS for >>notebooks and old desktops. Is there any project that I could have a >>mini-centOS in the future??? >> >>Joe >> >> > >It won't get much faster if you choose those products :) > >There is XFCE-4.2 that you could install instead of GNOME or KDE > >do: > >yum groupinstall XFCE-4.2 > >and pick XFCE as the session you log in to at the main screen by >selecting session ... it should be faster > >If you want to change permanently ... do: > >switchdesk XFCE > >You can get a minimum install by doing a minimal install from >anaconda ... then doing: > >yum groupinstall XFCE-4.2 "X Window System" "Office/Productivity" > >then install the individual things you want via yum... > >I'll do that on a test box and tell you how much space it is :) > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >_______________________________________________ >CentOS mailing list >CentOS at centos.org >http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > >