Sick RedHat strategy or really 3 iso bloatware?

[Norbert Augenstein]

Hi,
you will find a long list on linux.org including turbolinux, vectorlinux .......

auge



On Fri, 10 May 2002 15:21:36 -0500
Stuart Biggerstaff <biggers at lindahall.org> wrote:

> I feel your pain.  Just burned those three discs, only to get the boxed set 
> the next morning (before any attempt to install). I know Mandrake's been 
> 2-3 least since the 8.x versions came out, and I think SuSE is even 
> bigger.  Any other "major" RPM-based distributions, since Caldera is ruled out?
> 
> At 12:08 PM 5/10/02 -0700, Nate Cole wrote:
> >All,
> >
> >I will be installing a new system here at work, and have had
> >good success in the past with RedHat.  Plus, it is explicitly
> >supported by most "major" vendors (ie Oracle).  Off I went to
> >download RH 7.3.  Wow!  Now I need to get 3 isos totaling
> >almost 1.7 gig!!  Even high speed will take a few hours.  Is
> >this some way to force people to buy CDs or is RH now so
> >bloated it requires a third iso?
> 
> Both?
> 
> >Can I do just as well building Slack and adding RPM?  Are there
> >any other RPM based distros (_not_ Caldera) that are smaller
> >and free to download?
> 
> I suppose RPM-for-Slackware must work, since it is a(n unsupported) part of 
> the official distribution, but I bet trying to install critical pieces that 
> way would be a mess.
> 
> >TIA,
> >
> >Nate
> 
> 
> Stuart Biggerstaff
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