> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: Andreas Jaeger [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Gesendet: Donnerstag, 18. Januar 2007 09:39
> An: opensuse-factory
> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Betreff: [opensuse-factory] Making the basesystem smaller
> 
> 
> I heard from several sides that the base system of openSUSE 10.2 is a
> bit large - and agree and would like to discuss with you what we can do.
> 
> I thought about the following:
> * make the existing base system pattern really minimal
> * add another conveninience pattern that has all the extra stuff we
>   currently have in the base system - and require this for all other
>   patterns.
> 
> For a really minimal base system we have to define what we need first.
> 
> Here's a proposal for a "Definition Base System":
>   Multiuser system with:
>   * Local login (via /etc/passwd)
>   * network setup via ethernet
>   * default filesystems used (ext3) directly (without evms, lvm,
>     mdraid etc)
>   * no services running by default
> 
> My questions for discussion are especially the following:


A good idea,

I think it would be enough to have a login and a !!small!! yast for installing 
more packages.
In my opinion it is not neccessary to have a working network for a really small 
system.





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