[brlug-newbies] Fedora (Core?) 6

[Tim Fournet]

Hello, Donald
The default Fedora Core 6 installer does give the option to choose 
packages based on intended use of your system, customized groups of 
packages, or even customizing the individual packages to install. It's 
possible that the CDs you used that came with a book were customized to 
not give you the choices, but that would be strange.

In any event, you can manage the packages that are installed on your 
system by clicking on 'Add/Remote Software' in the Applications menu. 
Packages are organized in groups, so you can drill down and make choices 
about what to keep or remove, and there's a description of each package 
when you click on it. The tool also gives you the ability to search for 
new or updated packages from online repositories so you can add software 
to your system.

If you have any more troubles, please post them here!
-Tim


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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