Re: [newbie] Linux question

2000-10-20 Thread GAPrichard
In a message dated 10/18/2000 12:35:13 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The most time consuming but exacting choice is the expert install. On the screen where you choose package groups there will be a small button at the bottom of the window to "choose

[newbie] Linux question

2000-10-18 Thread TiGereYe
hello, I have been using mandrake for a while now, i have noticed something in the mandrake distribution that i really dont like...mandrake tends to installs lots of stuff on the computer, althought this comes in handy sometimes but it's also irritating since it takes a lot of space, i could

Re: [newbie] Linux question

2000-10-18 Thread Renaud OLGIATI
On Wed, 18 Oct 2000, TiGereYe wrote: In otherwords...i would like to get a very simple installation and then i can build on it with the softare that i need...can mandrake do that? if not then is there a distro that does that but at the same time supports rpm's? Install in "Expert" mode, you

Re: [newbie] Linux question

2000-10-18 Thread GAPrichard
Yes, there are a couple of ways to get rid of programs that you don't want. If you have a working installation use RPMDRAK, and toggle it to show what's installed. You'll get a description of what a selected thing is, its size, and you can choose to uninstall it. If you're talking

Re: [newbie] Linux question

2000-10-18 Thread Larry Marshall
The most time consuming but exacting choice is the expert install. On the screen where you choose package groups there will be a small button at the bottom of the window to "choose individual" programs. The help screen below says something about individually choosing from over 1000