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    <link>http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/412/</link>
    <description><![CDATA[Offer a version of Ubuntu that comes "bare."  Eliminate large, non-essential applications such as Open Office, Ekiga, Rythmbox, Evolution, Pidgin, Gimp, etc.  Doing this would allow users to pick and choose the applications they wish to use.  It would also be great when HDD space is limited, such as Solid State Drive based laptops.<br /><br />Alternatively you could allow users to choose which applications are installed by letting them customize it during the live install.<br />
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<b>[427 votes] Solution #1: Auto-generated solution of idea #412</b>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 29 Feb 2008 01:40:22 +0000</pubDate>
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  <title>Comment from Yunfeng</title>
  <description><![CDATA[I agree Ekiga, Gimp, and Openoffice is a bit not essential. (Similar applications are not included in windows/Mac OS by default). But Pidgin Rythmbox Evolution seem OK at least for most new comers. ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Fri, 29 Feb 2008 01:59:32 +0000</pubDate>
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  <title>Comment from Stemp</title>
  <description><![CDATA[GUI for easy remastering will be a better idea IMHO :<br />http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/412/]]></description>
  <pubDate>Fri, 29 Feb 2008 02:47:42 +0000</pubDate>
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  <title>Comment from unit3</title>
  <description><![CDATA[Have you guys looked at Xubuntu, which installs XFCE by default? It's quite a bit lighter than the regular GNOME install. And then there's the server install to go lighter than that.<br /><br />Personally, I feel like there's already lots of options in this regard.]]></description>
  <pubDate>Fri, 29 Feb 2008 03:10:32 +0000</pubDate>
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  <title>Comment from dhardy</title>
  <description><![CDATA[I have tried Xubuntu and found that XFCE isn't for me.  This is why I purposed a lite version of Ubuntu(Gnome). I have also tried installing Xorg and Gnome on top of a server build and that ended in disaster.]]></description>
  <pubDate>Fri, 29 Feb 2008 03:30:05 +0000</pubDate>
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  <title>Comment from Nat_Tuck</title>
  <description><![CDATA[Only half jokingly: "Ubuntu Lite is called Debian"]]></description>
  <pubDate>Fri, 29 Feb 2008 03:59:24 +0000</pubDate>
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  <title>Comment from shadowblade</title>
  <description><![CDATA[I think it would be much more useful to just select applications during the live install.]]></description>
  <pubDate>Fri, 29 Feb 2008 05:50:43 +0000</pubDate>
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  <title>Comment from hfb</title>
  <description><![CDATA[I agree that this would be very useful. No OS should install any non-critical software without authorisation. Makes my install longer than necessary as I hunt down and remove everything]]></description>
  <pubDate>Fri, 29 Feb 2008 07:22:38 +0000</pubDate>
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  <title>Comment from joe_dana</title>
  <description><![CDATA[I think that could be very interesting to create one version for palm or mobile devices. <br />THe people that love ubuntu should be able to install ubuntu on thier mobile or palm etc etc...]]></description>
  <pubDate>Fri, 29 Feb 2008 08:58:39 +0000</pubDate>
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  <title>Comment from smenjas</title>
  <description><![CDATA[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JeOS">JeOS: Just Enough Operating System</a>]]></description>
  <pubDate>Fri, 29 Feb 2008 09:37:27 +0000</pubDate>
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  <title>Comment from Anis</title>
  <description><![CDATA[Did you try Fluxbuntu?<br />386Mo size... the lighter i found!<br />http://fluxbuntu.org/js.html]]></description>
  <pubDate>Fri, 29 Feb 2008 10:01:59 +0000</pubDate>
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  <title>Comment from Vadim P.</title>
  <description><![CDATA[JeOS, Ubuntu Mobile, IceBuntu, FluxBuntu, Xubuntu... take your pick.]]></description>
  <pubDate>Fri, 29 Feb 2008 13:54:50 +0000</pubDate>
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  <title>Comment from seshomaru samma</title>
  <description><![CDATA[I think this can be done with a server install<br />but i'm not that when you apt-get gnome it doesnt install dozen of apps with it (i could be wrong here, i usually choose XFCE on top of a server install)]]></description>
  <pubDate>Fri, 29 Feb 2008 14:35:36 +0000</pubDate>
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  <title>Comment from fyo</title>
  <description><![CDATA[This is essentially the same as the idea for a USB/Flash version of Ubuntu.]]></description>
  <pubDate>Fri, 29 Feb 2008 19:22:50 +0000</pubDate>
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  <title>Comment from guepe</title>
  <description><![CDATA[I really think that shipping with these applications is a good starting point for people switching. And moreover it is a VERY good point to present a simple CD, as en entire OS + plenty of useful applications derictly installed. Then you have internet to add/change apps. I really think this good to ship lots of app, so easy to remove after. I voted against.]]></description>
  <pubDate>Fri, 29 Feb 2008 19:26:09 +0000</pubDate>
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  <title>Comment from Baggers</title>
  <description><![CDATA[Ubuntu JeOS sounds right.]]></description>
  <pubDate>Fri, 29 Feb 2008 23:48:54 +0000</pubDate>
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  <title>Comment from probono</title>
  <description><![CDATA[JeOS plus basic GNOME desktop (no apps, though) would be perfect.]]></description>
  <pubDate>Sat, 01 Mar 2008 16:13:54 +0000</pubDate>
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  <title>Comment from johan</title>
  <description><![CDATA[Well you could go with the Alternate Install disc and install the commandline-system and just apt-get the rest. ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Sun, 02 Mar 2008 13:31:55 +0000</pubDate>
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  <title>Comment from Stevi</title>
  <description><![CDATA[Something like [url=http://www.pclinuxos.com/index.php?option=com_smf&Itemid=58&topic=38535.0]Minime[/url] for PCLinuxOS would be great!!]]></description>
  <pubDate>Sun, 02 Mar 2008 20:44:32 +0000</pubDate>
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  <title>Comment from Speedboy</title>
  <description><![CDATA["Alternatively you could allow users to choose which applications are installed by letting them customize it during the live install."<br /><br />That would be a great idea!]]></description>
  <pubDate>Mon, 03 Mar 2008 16:54:47 +0000</pubDate>
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  <title>Comment from kclive18</title>
  <description><![CDATA[Or have it like a Windows installer: Typical, Compact, and Complete and Custom install options.]]></description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 05 Mar 2008 22:43:21 +0000</pubDate>
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  <title>Comment from probono</title>
  <description><![CDATA[JeOS lacks the desktop.]]></description>
  <pubDate>Fri, 14 Mar 2008 03:18:07 +0000</pubDate>
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  <title>Comment from lapm</title>
  <description><![CDATA[Big positive vote for this one. I have older laptop and even xubuntu nearly hokes on it. So very barebone install would be big bonus. All i need is basic system and comanline to install what i really need in system. Yes, sometimes even xorg is not needed.]]></description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 19 Mar 2008 01:33:03 +0000</pubDate>
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  <title>Comment from LostOverThere</title>
  <description><![CDATA[From what I can see, the poster does not what something faster, just something smaller in filesize.<br /><br />Ubuntu Mini might be a better name.]]></description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 19 Mar 2008 06:54:19 +0000</pubDate>
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  <title>Comment from sciurus</title>
  <description><![CDATA[You can do this already be installing from the alternate cd and selecting "Install command-line system". From here, simply install what you want. For example, to get a basic GNOME system without OpenOffice, Firefox, etc you could start by installing the "gnome-desktop-environment" metapackage.<br /><br />Alternately, just remove whatever applications you don't want after a standard install. This shouldn't be a problem unless you have a very small disk (< 4GB).]]></description>
  <pubDate>Sat, 22 Mar 2008 23:49:45 +0000</pubDate>
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  <title>Comment from fluxy</title>
  <description><![CDATA[How about this idea of mine: http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/4348/ ?]]></description>
  <pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2008 00:21:31 +0000</pubDate>
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  <title>Comment from dennyhalim</title>
  <description><![CDATA[agree with @sciurus.<br />you can do cli install and then install everything on your own.<br /><br />this is how i do it<br />http://wiki.dennyhalim.com/ubuntu-minimal-desktop<br /><br />or some people have created somewhat lite installer too.]]></description>
  <pubDate>Mon, 15 Sep 2008 06:30:24 +0000</pubDate>
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  <title>Comment from cheesehead</title>
  <description><![CDATA[http://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/MinimalCD]]></description>
  <pubDate>Sun, 28 Sep 2008 18:34:30 +0000</pubDate>
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