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Date:      Sun, 10 Dec 2006 13:54:37 +0000
From:      Florent Thoumie <flz@FreeBSD.org>
To:        freebsd-x11@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: An xorg-lite install
Message-ID:  <457C119D.7010804@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <20061210135038.GA84865@mail.scottro.net>
References:  <20061210135038.GA84865@mail.scottro.net>

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Scott Robbins wrote:
> SirDice's suggestion of a "lite" xorg install got me thinking, and
> playing with it. =20
>=20
> I've been trying to pare down an X install to see what I could leave ou=
t
> and still have a working X, figuring that if, say, I left out a font
> needed by an application, that application would install the font at a
> later date.
>=20
> So far, I've gotten it down to xorg-libraries, xorg-server, keyboard,
> video and mouse drivers, the fonts suggested in the wiki, xorg-fonts
> (which was a cop-out--I still haven't had the patience to delete each
> font separately and see when X stopped starting, and, from xorg-apps,
> twm, xterm and xinit.  (Without xinit I get startx not found--oops, I
> knew that.)  :)
>=20
> I tried googling for this, but either I'm using the wrong search terms
> or SirDice and I are the only ones who like this idea.  Does anyone hav=
e
> a list of what would be the minimum? =20
>=20
> (I would add to SirDice's suggestion that the xorg-lite should put in
> enough fonts so that X starts--his thought, IIRC, was that no fonts
> should be included, leaving the installer to pick which fonts he wanted=
=2E
> I would also include twm and xterm for basic beginnings.)

The idea itself isn't bad but if you install gnome for example, it will
bring almost everything you need except xorg-server and a few apps. So
I'll probably do it but it's not high priority (as opposed to fix ports
broken by new X.org import).

Cheers.

--=20
Florent Thoumie
flz@FreeBSD.org
FreeBSD Committer


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