09-09-2010
I've always liked Arch Linux for that. The base install is very stripped down and you build what you want. The fancy GUI desktops, package managers, etc. are all available but won't be installed unless you specifically want them. So you can start with a base system and build up a piece at a time learning as you go.
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LEARN ABOUT DEBIAN
dwww-build-menu
DWWW-BUILD-MENU(8) Debian DWWW-BUILD-MENU(8)
NAME
dwww-build-menu - builds dwww Debian Documentation Menu
SYNOPSIS
dwww-build-menu
DESCRIPTION
dwww-build-menu is part of the dwww package, which provides access to on-line documentation on a Debian system via WWW.
dwww-build-menu generates the Debian Documentation Menu pages (available on http://localhost/dwww/menu/), from files registered with
doc-base program, found in the /var/lib/doc-base/documents
The generated pages are stored in DWWW_DOCROOTDIR/dwww/menu directory. (Default is /var/www/dwww/menu.)
FILES
/etc/dwww/dwww.conf
Configuration file for dwww.
/var/www/dwww/menu
Default directory for generated menu pages.
/var/lib/dwww
Temporary directory used while generating the pages.
SEE ALSO
dwww(7), dwww-build(8), install-docs(8), Debian doc-base Manual in /usr/share/doc/doc-base/doc-base.html/index.html.
AUTHOR
Robert Luberda <robert@debian.org>. See dwww(7) for copyrights and stuff.
dwww 1.11.1 February 15th, 2009 DWWW-BUILD-MENU(8)