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A minimal install is going to require you to install dozens of related packages just to accomplish simple tasks. It's basically a blank slate, with nothing you
by xionon 14y ago
A minimal install is going to require you to install dozens of related packages just to accomplish simple tasks. It's basically a blank slate, with nothing you might want aside from the OS and terminal.
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.
- bradleyland 14y agoAll my infrastructure build materials are run against a VM built from Debian netinst. The benefit of this is that I won't be dependent upon some happy default in the Debian full install that may disappear or change at a later date. The dependency stack is fully exposed all the way down to the bare OS. 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.
- bluedino 14y agoIt's easy to make the argument that you shouldn't have anything installed on a server that you don't specifically need - each additional service/program is just another attack vector.