> ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2011 19:57:11 +0200 > From: Antoine Pitrou <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Mageia-discuss] Installer: Server v. desktop kernel: No > choice? > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII > > On Fri, 15 Jul 2011 18:45:43 +0100 > Maurice Batey <[email protected]> wrote: >> Having installed Mageia-1 (from DVD), I find it has installed the >> server kernels, rather than the desktop kernels. >> >> Presumably that's because my PC has 4GB RAM, but - on this 1-user system >> - I would have preferred the desktop kernels to be installed. >> >> Did I miss an installation option, to choose server v. desktop? > > Not answering your question, but is there a Web page that explains the > differences between the -desktop and -server flavours? > > (for the record, I'm successfully using a -desktop kernel on a > 64-bit machine with 8GB RAM) >
Off-topic, but shocked at the ram capacities these days; still using mandriva2008, on an old computer with ... wait for it ... 256mb! Can make a cup of tea while Writer is loading! :)
