On Wed, 29 Mar 2000, Col Wilson wrote:
Now okay, I've got a lot of hard disk, and I'm no fan of Windows, but isn't that a lot?
okay, I've pre-ordered 6.4 and am tring to set up my hard disks. How much space am I going to need for an "almost everything" install.
If you're setting up, use ~10 Mb for boot, 128 Mb for swap and roughly 8 Gig for / AFAIR.
Yes, it IS quite a lot. But you asked for an "almost everything" install. In 6.3, that would include (assuming I haven't missed anything): * 4 text versions of emacs * 2 X versions of emacs * 3 versions of vi * pico * four or five other text editors * a simple word processor * at least two HTML editors * at least two application suites that include word processors * two text-only web browsers * two slim X web browsers * three fairly-substantial X web browsers * at least three web servers * about a dozen assorted FTP clients * three FTP servers * two complete Java runtime environments * a Java development environment that can also be used as a runtime environment * at least four sound mixers * at least three ways to play MID files, five for WAV, four for MP3 * at least four complete CD-writing application suites * at least three ways to rip WAV files off an audio CD ... get the idea? 6.3 comes on *six* CDs. I suspect 6.4 will be at least as large. (Suggestion to the installer maintainers: can we get a list of apps grouped by function at a finer resolution, with their X/text status as a side note? E.G. Text Editors: * (T) this version of EMACS * (T) that version of EMACS * (T) the other version of EMACS * (X) yet another version of EMACS * (X) and yet another * (X/T) vim * (T) nvi And, if you can, rewrite the descriptions of the packages in a set - TOGETHER - so that they actually tell about what is in the package and how it compares to other similar packages; not what got left out as compared to some previous version of the same package.) -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/