web server and router 3GB

[doru]

I use a 500 MHz 4GB HDD system to run Fedora 11.
I want to use it as a router, web server and php, c++, mysql development environment, console only. I do not need printers, graphics, electronics design, dial-up support on it. I use vim, ssh, samba, iptables, NetworkManager for initial config. I would stop using mail server. These are the groups currently installed:

Administration Tools
Authoring and Publishing
Base
Development Libraries
Development Tools
Dial-up Networking Support
Electronic Lab
Fonts
Graphics
Hardware Support
Input Methods
Legacy Fonts
Mail Server
MySQL Database
Network Servers
Printing Support
Server Configuration Tools
System Tools
Text-based Internet
Web Server
Windows File Server

The problem is that they eat up 90% of my only working partition, that is, almost 3GB. Can you please suggest a way I can free a few hundreds of MB on HDD? The problem is that, every time I try to remove the most useless group, I lose basic functionality, like NetworkManger or samba client. I hope that maybe you could suggest a solution to render my system usable for the next months, updates and some reasonably small c++ programming included.

Thank you in advance.

[Segfault]

Looks like a job for Debian, why Fedora?

[doru]

Looks like a job for Debian, why Fedora?

You are right, but I learned this too late. I might switch to Debian (or Ubuntu, I've been told), if I can't solve this problem. Does Debian use NetworkManager and ifcfg-eth? files? I try to assess the differences.

Given a list of packages to remove, please tell me if Debian's install program also removes packages that depend on listed packages, or it removes only packages that can be removed without losing other not listed packages.

[Segfault]

With Debian it is other way around. You download netinstall CD, it's about 200 MB. Using this you install the base system. Then add the programs you need, they will be downloaded over the internet as needed.
You can use NetworkManager if you wish, don't see why you need it for a server though. Debian has great documentation, any questions you may have are likely answered there.

Debian -- Documentation

[doru]

Thanks for your replies.

I found out that:

If you install Fedora 11 with all groups disabled, then you get a minimal install with network cards, iptables, bash, yum and sshd included; the network service, also included, can be used in place of NetworkManager, and it uses the same configuration files.

A list of "minimal" rpms for a server:
"See [censored url, I try to put them here] but it was updated to Rawhide and has more server applications installed."

I hope I will have time to take a look at Debian later this year.

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[doru]

Unfortunately, yum has bugs, it uninstalled yum, rpm as a result of:

yum remove sendmail

So I moved to Ubuntu.
Thanks.