Ok, here's a thread that's gonna cause some disagreement
What I need is a Linux distribution that meets the following criteria:
1. Should be lightweight, using minimal system resources;
2. Should have a simple installation mechanism;
3. Should only install the bare minimum of software/applications (networking, GUI, etc), or should allow applications that are to be installed to be chosen at the time of installation;
4. Should be easy to add applications to, to configure, and to customise, following installation;
5. Should be fairly easy to use generally (nothing too exotic, I know things like Slax can be a pain) - preferably something with the 'user friendliness' of Ubuntu.
Essentially I want something that I can install as a base build, with next to nothing installed/running, and then add my own applications/tools to as I go along. Ideally the package manager would be capable of resolving any dependencies for me in the same way that Synaptic does in Ubuntu.
I've looked at using Ubuntu as a base, but it seems to install too much stuff (games, office applications, media applications, etc) that just isn't needed - frankly I have enough to do with installing the tools that I want
without having to
uninstall a heap of stuff before I can get started
Thanks guys