[brlug-newbies] Fedora (Core?) 6

[Joe Fruchey]

I've installed Fedora Core 6 a total of five or six times at least.
The last step in the installer definitely asks you what packages you'd
like to install. I don't know if maybe you had some sort of custom
version, but it doesn't sound like it.

Have you tried Ubuntu? I was using Ubuntu, then I switched to FC6, and
now I'm back with Ubuntu. If you'd like to give it a shot though, I'd
recommend waiting until the final version of 7.04 is released next
week. Ubuntu is only 1 CD.

Joe

On 4/7/07, k5mke at bellsouth.net <k5mke at bellsouth.net> wrote:
> Good Morning, All,
>
> I have decided to give up on Xandros Linux.  I'm not having much luck in gettting it to work
> as I wish.  I was encouraged by some others to TRY Fedora 6.  I purchased the "Fedora 6
> and Red Hat Enterprise Linux Bible" by Christopher Negus.
>
> Bad sign #1: The CD's did not allow me to "install" it on a 15 gig Maxtor drive and the CD's
> were 'defective'.  I do not have a DVD player or writer on this machine..1.2 gig Athlon/1 gig
> of 133mhz RAM.
>
> I did manage to sercure the 5 CD set to "Core 6", but it only required I believe 2 CD's of
> that to install it (?).
>
> Bad sign #2:  It did not allow me to pick the "pkgs" I wanted and installed EVERYTHING!
>
> Being new at this, I'm not sure I'm ever going to need all the "servers" it loaded.  All I'm
> really interested in is doing antenna designs (research & building), storing some Space
> photo's, and storing my MP3 music to play in the background (like a juke box) while I'm
> working or just as a music machine.
>
> Any suggestions as to HOW I can eliminate or keep to a minimum what packages I'll
> need?
>
> Respectfully, submitted,
>
> Donald
>
>
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