On Tue, 2003-12-09 at 23:51, Alan Cox wrote:
On Tue, Dec 09, 2003 at 03:15:44PM -0500, Michael K. Johnson wrote:
> language used to expose it must express what is happening. We
> could call it the "Useless" class if you didn't want anyone to
> select it, though that would get a flood of mailing list questions.
> "Bare-bones" has been suggested. There's got to be the right name
"Bootstrap"
Its an absolutely minimal install you then boot to add other stuff.
It also happens to be precisely the package set a minimal installer needs
for small machines for bootstrapping literally as the name suggests, and
if bootstrap is sufficiently fittable on a single CD it makes Debian like
1 CD and network installs easier
And, it helps that you can get a booting system, with full console
access in a 40 meg ISO.
Debian's minimalist feel should start brushing itself onto
Fedora-minimal for instance. People with servers will like this (or
older machines even).
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