Ubuntu bare install

this article covers bare installation of ubuntu, ubuntu as you know great operating system, but after installing ubuntu so many useless packages hog down the system, so i decided to find another install method, first, only commandline server install, after this only install required packages. perfect system ( for me ) so lets begin; download one of alternate cd's ( your achiture x686, x64 vs ) eg. greece mirror burn disk and boot choose commandline install on the boot menu install with default options, at the end, log in the system after that, we need a graphical desktop (eg. gnome) do this; $ sudo aptitude install xorg next step installing a window manager $ sudo aptitude install xfce4 and test new system $ startx this is very minimal, but no browser, no graphical text editor this will install web browser, text editor, chat client and archive manager $ sudo aptitude install firefox mousepad gaim xarchiver if you want other things you can search package descriptions to add as you like $ sudo aptitude search DESCRIPTION