David composed on 2018-01-14 17:54 (UTC): > I know there is a version of Rasbian called Stretch Lite.
> Is there a version of Debian to run headless without the excess clutter > of office etc? > I've tried removing the bits I don't need, but made an awful mess of it, > better not to load it in the first place. Start the installer with the following included on the boot cmdline: tasks=standard base-installer/install-recommends=false All my own installations start that way, normally as a part of network installation, downloading little in advance of starting the installation: https://www.debian.org/CD/netinst/ -- "Wisdom is supreme; therefore get wisdom. Whatever else you get, get wisdom." Proverbs 4:7 (New Living Translation) Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/