On 12/7/05, Joey Rockhold <joey.rockhold at gmail.com> wrote: > I am re-learning linux in my spare time (I used to know Unix a long time > ago), and would like to set up a machine which starts with just basics of > linux. After that point, I would like to install programs as I need them. > For example, if I want to learn KDE, then only at that point would I > download and install KDE. > > Right now the best way I have come up to do this is using Redhat Fedora > Core 4, do a minimal install, and use yum to add packages as I want them. > Does anyone know a better way to do this? I am open to any distribution > that anyone thinks would be better at this also. Slackware is a pretty minimalist type of distro and doesn't provide too much in the way of "I'll configure everything for you so you don't have to edit config files" mentality. http://www.slackware.com/ Or if you really want to learn how it all goes together, you could build your own via LFS (Linux From Scratch): http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/ Scot