Okay, so what's the downside? Half the disk usage and 10x less memory, something is left out. What is?
Very good tip though, I always overlooked the F4 modes and never knew there was a minimal mode.
Very good tip though, I always overlooked the F4 modes and never knew there was a minimal mode.
Need Apache? you will need to install it. Need to send email? You will need to set that up. Need python? Ditto. And hope you like working at the command line because you have no X. Etc.
It's a nice way to get a system that does just what you need it to do and nothing more, but "minimal" installs are rarely useful all by themselves; they are a starting point.
It's a great starting place if you know exactly what you want to do with that VM and how to configure it; it's kind of a pain if you're using it as a general purpose server.
If that sounds like more work, that's because it is, but the next time something breaks, it's more immediately obvious that a an underlying package has changed.