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                  <h2 class="title"><a name="choosePackages"></a>Choosing Packages to be
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         <p><a name="choosePackages-pa1"></a>Depending on your selections here, you may
              be offered further screens to fine tune your choices.
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         <p>After the selection step(s), you will see a slide show during package
              installation. The slide show can be disabled by pressing the
              <span class="guilabel">Details</span> button
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         <div class="section" title="Desktop Selection">
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                     <h3 class="title"><a name="choose-graphical-env"></a>Desktop Selection
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            <p>Choose whether you prefer to use the <span class="application">KDE</span>
                   or <span class="application">Gnome</span> desktop environment. Both come with a
                   full set of useful applications and tools. Tick
                   <span class="guilabel">Custom</span> if you want to use neither or both, or if you
                   want something other than the default software choices for these desktop
                   environments. The <span class="application">LXDE</span> desktop is lighter than
                   the previous two, sporting less eye candy and fewer packages installed by
                   default.
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         <div class="section" title="Package Group Selection">
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                     <h3 class="title"><a name="choosePackagesGroups"></a>Package Group Selection
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            <p>Packages have been sorted into groups, to make choosing what you
                   need on your system a lot easier. The groups are fairly self explanatory,
                   however more information about the content of each is available in
                   tool-tips which become visible as the mouse is hovered over them.
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                     <p>Workstation.</p>
                           
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                     <p>Server.</p>
                           
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                     <p>Graphical Environment.</p>
                           
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                  <li class="listitem">
                             
                     <p>Individual Package Selection: You can use this option to
                                manually add or remove packages.
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         <div class="section" title="Minimal Install">
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                     <h3 class="title"><a name="minimal-install"></a>Minimal Install
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            <p>You can choose a Minimal Installation by de-selecting everything in
                   the Package Group Selection screen. Minimal Installation is intended for
                   those with specific uses in mind for their
                   <span class="application">Mageia</span>, such as a server or a specialised
                   workstation. You will probably use this option combined with Manual
                   Package Selection. If you choose this installation class, then the next
                   screen will offer you a few useful extras to install, such as
                   documentation and X.
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         <div class="section" title="Choose Individual Packages">
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                     <h3 class="title"><a name="choosePackagesTree"></a>Choose Individual
                              Packages
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            <p>Here you can add or remove any extra packages to customise your
                   installation.
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            <p>After having made your choice, you can click on the
                   <span class="guibutton">floppy icon</span> at the bottom of the page to save your
                   choice of packages (saving to a USB key works, too). You can then use this
                   file to install the same packages on another system, by pressing the same
                   button during install and choosing to load it.
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                     <h3 class="title"><a name="choosePackagesLinks"></a>Choose Packages - Links
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                     <p><span class="emphasis"><em>Desktop Selection</em></span> KDE, GNOME or
                                Custom:
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                     <p><a class="xref" href="choosePackages.html#choose-graphical-env" title="Desktop Selection">the section called &#8220;Desktop Selection&#8221;</a></p>
                           
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                     <p><span class="emphasis"><em>Package Group Selection</em></span> (de)select groups
                                of packages:
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                     <p><a class="xref" href="choosePackages.html#choosePackagesGroups" title="Package Group Selection">the section called &#8220;Package Group Selection&#8221;</a></p>
                           
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                     <p><span class="emphasis"><em>Minimal Install</em></span>:
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                     <p><a class="xref" href="choosePackages.html#minimal-install" title="Minimal Install">the section called &#8220;Minimal Install&#8221;</a></p>
                           
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                     <p><span class="emphasis"><em>Choose Individual Packages</em></span>:
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                     <p><a class="xref" href="choosePackages.html#choosePackagesTree" title="Choose Individual Packages">the section called &#8220;Choose Individual
                                 Packages&#8221;</a></p>
                           
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