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Why on earth would anyone want to download 600Mb and only use around 200Mb of it? So, the answer's simple: use Debian! ;-)

I agree with your comments, but..... Sounds lame, but I'd rather have the full distro (maybe I'm odd) that way I can get all the extra goodies, bits and pieces that come along.. Fair enough most of them will never see the light of day... But I just gotta have em....

How does not having the ones you don't want downloaded stop you getting the ones you do? New goodies (including ones from alternative suppliers) are only ever an apt away.

Anyway I've got to stick with RedHat, company policy etc...

Company policy prevents you using better tools for the job? Time to look for a new company... ;^)

P.S. Does anyone know how to get the spell checker working with KMail ?

Nope... I'm just going to try to get it working in this email client. Thanks for the idea!