[GRLUG] tiny vm

[Ben Rousch]

I have done something similar with Ubuntu. I started with the bare server install and then added Fluxbox. I'm not sure what you need for VPN. This method keeps the install quite small, and you only have the stuff you specify installed.

----- "Topher" <topher at wcsg.org> wrote:
> I have a need, and I want to resolve it in a specific way, mostly for
> the 
> learning involved.
> 
> I have an XP box at home for my kids to play on. I want to install a
> Linux 
> VM on it, probably with vmplayer.  This Linux VM needs to do 2 things:
> get 
> on my work vpn, and let me ssh in and out.
> 
> I'm pretty open about what distro, but I want something that lets me 
> (during install) trim just about everything.  Ubuntu doesn't I don't 
> think, and the last time I installed Debian it was a hellish
> experience. 
> Fedora lets you cut out just about everything, and I've used it, so
> I'm 
> thinking about going that route.
> 
> Do any of the micro-distros let you pick and choose packages during 
> install?
> 
> Topher
> Manager of Internet Services
> Cornerstone University Radio
> 
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