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Originally Posted by brassy
define "default packages"!
to begin with there are <on http://software.opensuse.org/> THREE
choices (32 bit, 64 bit and Power PC) then you can choose TWO disks
(CD and DVD)..
that give SIX "default packages"..
AND, if you select CD above, THEN you can choose between Gnome or
KDE4..giving, 3x2 more options..
BUT, if you select the DVD as your "default", THEN during install you
can select from Gnome, KDE3, KDE5, XFCE, Minimal X Window, Minimal
Server Selection, giving 3x6 options..
THEN, you can later in the install process you can add or delete the
pigs you wish..
the answer to your question depends on what you consider "default".
generally, they are faster, lighter and more efficient than sliced
bread....next question!
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Default packages - packages originally made by OpenSuSE developers! I already wrote that it is always possible to pull down source packages and rebuild them with certain optimizations, put that is not topic of this post. All possible choices you wrote are actually different combinations of same groups of packages, so there are no differences between them because you can always "play" with zypper a little bit.
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Originally Posted by brassy
but, for a more definitive answer i'd suggest you install all the
possible defaults, measure the weight, speed and efficiency or each
and stuff the data into a OpenOffice.org Calc chart, complete with
colored graphs..
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brassy
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That is why I started this topic, to avoid that kind of experiment. It is time consuming and probably at the end of the day not that much necessary. I want to hear what other people experienced, I am sure that not everybody is using default choices (DVD, live CDs install) and add only software they need. I believe that there are lots of people who play with default selections, remove unnecessery packages and services, maybe even modify configuration files in order to get less bloated system.