distro for debug?

[bene-Gk2boCrsRs1AfugRpC6u6w at public.gmane.org (Ben Eisenbraun)]

On Thu, May 21, 2009 at 03:22:21PM -0400, R. Luoma wrote:
> I could use a distribution with no X-windows, but the following:
> 
>   -  gcc, gdb and the usual (non-graphical) suspects
>   -  sshd
>   -  some sort of shell
> 
> Is there something suitable out there?

The CentOS installer will let you choose the "server" profile and then
unselect the X-Windows option, and your install will be a basic linux
machine that defaults to runlevel 3.

You can grab the other bits from yum.

-b

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