Select set of packages to be installed

Notes:

Click on details to see full content of each group of packages
It's important to deselect power saving features by deselecting the following packages powersave and powersave-libs in Server base system: for server they can lead to troubles
Do not touch mono -- it is used in many places in Novell components of Suse and despite being a Microsoft .NET clone it cannot be deleted.

In "Base Technology"
- Select "Server Base Package" and inside of it deselect:
  - dhcpcd -- A DHCP Client Daemon
  - powersave
  - powersave-libs
  - ppp -- point-to-point Tunneling Protocol
  - pppt -- point-to-point Tunneling Protocol (PPTP) Client
  - wvdial
  - ypbind
  - wol -- wake_on_lan client
Select "Common Code Package" and deselect:
- X11-input-synaptics
In “Graphical Environment”
- select only Gnome and X Windows.
- Do not select KDE unless application requires it.
In Primary Functions
- Select "file server".
  - open tab and explicitly deselect SAMBA,
  - Select pure-ftpd
    - Note: if you have a lot of Red Hat servers you can install vsftpd instead
Deselect Printserver
If you plan compiling packages selec C/C++ Compiler and Tools
If you plan to use Apache select Web and LAMP server
If you plan to use Web administration select Web-based enterprise management
Select Xen
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