Sick RedHat strategy or really 3 iso bloatware?

[Nate Cole]

Thanks,  I'll check out the list.

Nate
--- Norbert Augenstein <norbert at augenstein.net> wrote:
> 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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