[Gllug] Stripped down CentOS 5.3

[Hakuna Matata]

wow, thanks a bunch,

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On Mon, May 25, 2009 at 9:01 PM, Tethys <sta296 at astradyne.co.uk> wrote:
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> Hakuna Matata writes:
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>>what i want to my system for sure is Apache/Tomcat/Mysql  thats all.
>>now i do not know who is the best contender to remove from the linux.
>
> The best approach is to do a minimal install in the first place. Don't
> accept the installation defaults, because that gives you a whole load of
> crap you don't want or need. Deselect everything, and you'll have a much
> better starting point. You'll still have more than you should do[1],
> but you'll be better off than you would otherwise be. If you've already
> installed the OS, and can't do a reinstall for whatever reason, then
> the quickest way is to remove the X server and libraries. That'll take
> with it most of the rest of the system, leaving you a reasonably minimal
> setup. Then just pick of the rest bit by bit until you get to a level
> with which you're comfortable. But you've said you want GNOME utils, so
> that's probably not an option for you. You might want to see if you can
> make do with the command line tools available to you instead.
>
> Tet
>
> [1] In future releases of RHEL, the Fedora Minimal Platform should help
>    with that: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/MinimalPlatform
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