My internet speed is slow. So I want to install it as little as possible. I want to try netinstall. But I don’t know which software is essential. What do I absolutely need to install?
I want to use GNOME.
Please give me some advice.
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It depends on your needs, i.e. most of the GNOME apps are optional as well as most of the other packages, e.g. NetworkManager-wifi is an optional component but you may want to install it if you need Wi-Fi.
In short, you can simply select the “Minimal Install” and then install GNOME manually starting from the following packages:
gdm
gnome-terminal
nautilus
Search with the package manager or ask here to find out which package provides the necessary functionality.
I also installed Fedora from the minimum and currently have the following manually installed packages:
Summary
$ dnf --queryformat="%{NAME}" repoquery --userinstalled
ImageMagick
NetworkManager
NetworkManager-config-connectivity-fedora
NetworkManager-openvpn-gnome
NetworkManager-wifi
ShellCheck
adwaita-qt
baobab
bash
bash-completion
bc
bind-utils
bzip2
celluloid
cheese
chromium
chromium-libs-media-freeworld
curl
dbus-x11
dmidecode
dnf
dnf-plugins-core
dracut-config-rescue
efibootmgr
ethtool
fedora-chromium-config
fedora-release-workstation
ffmpeg
file
file-roller
firewalld
foremost
fwupd
gdm
gedit
gedit-plugin-codecomment
gedit-plugin-drawspaces
gimp
gnome-boxes
gnome-calculator
gnome-characters
gnome-clocks
gnome-disk-utility
gnome-font-viewer
gnome-logs
gnome-power-manager
gnome-screenshot
gnome-shell-extension-gpaste
gnome-shell-extension-windowoverlay-icons
gnome-system-monitor
gnome-terminal
gnome-terminal-nautilus
gnome-themes-extra
gnome-tweaks
gnupg2
google-noto-emoji-color-fonts
google-noto-emoji-fonts
google-noto-sans-fonts
google-noto-sans-mono-fonts
google-noto-serif-fonts
grub2-efi-x64
grub2-pc
gvfs-archive
gvfs-fuse
gvfs-goa
gvfs-mtp
gvfs-smb
hexedit
iftop
inkscape
iotop
ipcalc
iperf
iproute
iputils
iw
iwl7260-firmware
keepassxc
langpacks-en
langpacks-ru
less
libvirt-client
lsof
lvm2
man-db
mtr
mtr-gtk
nautilus
net-snmp-utils
nmap
nmap-ncat
openssh-clients
openssh-server
p7zip
parted
passwd
pciutils
plymouth
plymouth-system-theme
procps-ng
pwgen
python3-dnf-plugin-system-upgrade
python3-dnf-plugin-versionlock
qgnomeplatform
rng-tools
rootfiles
rpmfusion-free-release
rpmfusion-nonfree-release
rsync
schroedinger-cat-backgrounds-gnome
seahorse
seahorse-nautilus
selinux-policy
selinux-policy-targeted
shim-x64
smartmontools
solar-backgrounds-extras
sudo
systemd
tar
tcpdump
transmission-gtk
umit
unrar
unzip
usbutils
vim-minimal
wget
whois
wipe
wireshark
wireshark-cli
xdg-user-dirs-gtk
xz
Actually, if your issue is just the ISP bandwidth, it may be worth to use BitTorrent to download the installation media.
You can always remove the unnecessary packages later.
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It’s too early to use netinstall for me. I will download the full version.
Thank you.
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i think you should do netinstall with minimal package selection as possible, and then after you boot into fedora install the desktop from command line using dnf group list and dnf group install "GNOME" .
after you get desktop installed you can continue using gnome software ui instead of command line if you feel it is easier .
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