[CentOS] I am not understanding the size of the iso

Wed Feb 3 03:20:58 UTC 2016
Digimer <lists at alteeve.ca>

On 02/02/16 10:15 PM, Ramaseshan S wrote:
> I suppose, CentOS 7 ships with DVD and minimal version.
> 
> While the minimal version is just 700M, what makes the minimal along with a
> GUI about 4.3 GB.
> 
> Isint it too huge for an OS ?

Remember that it is based on upstream. Anyway, there is a LOT of
available software that various users might want, so that is where the
space comes from. Minimal is just that; the minimum needed to get a
working install.

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