On 10-Aug-99 Howard Ballinger wrote:
> Hi all.
>
> I'm just about ready to install Linux-Mandrake (from the "Complete Linux
> 6.0" CD's) and I have a question or two.
>
> I have a half-full 4.3 gig drive. Will I be able to run KDE and some
> applications (including a browser) and experiment a little if I create a
> 1-gig Linux partition (plus the required swap partition) ?? Or do I need
> more room than that ??
1GB should be enough for playing around as long as you don't do an 'Everything'
install.
> I don't know what choices I'll have about installation once I get into the
> install prog; what do I need to know?
Do a Custom install, and when you get to the part where you choose package
categories, you should be fine picking what you do and don't want from there.
I often install just about every category except for the servers, and that
installs about 600-700MB worth of stuff if I recall correctly. Unchecking Tex
and Emacs should save a lot of space since those two programs are huge.
Just don't check 'Everything', since that will install somewhere around 1.1GB
of stuff..
Also you probably won't have the luxury of multiple non-swap partitions... so
make about a 50-100MB swap partition and put the rest of your space in the root
partition.
> I guess I won't need the development part 'til I learn C (my previous
> programming has been in PowerBASIC and DOS).
I would strongly recommend installing the development packages, since usually
when you download a program from the net, you get source code and have to
compile it, and that usually requires having the development packages.
> I gather X-windows has to be installed to run KDE, eh?
Yep.
> Suggestions would be appreciated.
I hope mine are helpful. :)
-Tom
