Try a minimal Debian installation. When the installer gives you a list of meta-packages to install (like the desktop packages, laptop packages, server packages, etc.), do not install ANY of them. This gives you the most minimal Debian installation possible. Then you can add/enable services one by one. On Mon, 4 Feb 2013 21:04:38 -0600 Brian Wood <woodbrian77 at gmail.com> wrote: > As an update, I'm sorry to report that Debian started bluetooth > and cups services by default. None of my computers have > bluetooth adapters so wish this didn't happen. > In looking into this I found a guy that, like me, was recently > irritated that bluetooth gets started by default -- > > http://ubuntu.5.n6.nabble.com/Stopping-bluetooth-td4894591.html > > Could the slackware proponents tell me if either bluetooth > or cups are started by default on slackware? > -- Jason Hsu <jhsu802701 at jasonhsu.com>