I suppose, CentOS 7 ships with DVD and minimal version. While the minimal version is just 700M, what makes the minimal along with a GUI about 4.3 GB. Isint it too huge for an OS ? -- Cheers -- S.Ramaseshan Engineer fractalio.com ramaseshan at fractalio.com
On 02/02/16 10:15 PM, Ramaseshan S wrote:> I suppose, CentOS 7 ships with DVD and minimal version. > > While the minimal version is just 700M, what makes the minimal along with a > GUI about 4.3 GB. > > Isint it too huge for an OS ?Remember that it is based on upstream. Anyway, there is a LOT of available software that various users might want, so that is where the space comes from. Minimal is just that; the minimum needed to get a working install. -- Digimer Papers and Projects: https://alteeve.ca/w/ What if the cure for cancer is trapped in the mind of a person without access to education?
On 03/02/16 16:15, Ramaseshan S wrote:> While the minimal version is just 700M, what makes the minimal along with a > GUI about 4.3 GB.All the extra packages, libs, etc that are needed to support the GUI, plus the extra apps that are available to run in the GUI (such as LibreOffice, FireFox, etc).> Isint it too huge for an OS ?ummmm, no? Peter
Yep, This is true, If I look at Fedora Gnome for example, which also ships all these(browser,libre, gnome etc), the final DVD version is just about 1.2 GB. That is what surprises me. On Wednesday 03 February 2016 08:52 AM, Peter wrote:> On 03/02/16 16:15, Ramaseshan S wrote: >> While the minimal version is just 700M, what makes the minimal along with a >> GUI about 4.3 GB. > All the extra packages, libs, etc that are needed to support the GUI, > plus the extra apps that are available to run in the GUI (such as > LibreOffice, FireFox, etc). > >> Isint it too huge for an OS ? > ummmm, no? > > > Peter > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-- Cheers -- S.Ramaseshan Engineer Fractalio Data Pvt Ltd email : ramaseshan at fractalio.com Web : www.fractalio.com