Can you custom install Linux?
 

I installed just the first CD of Mandrake 10.1 Community edition because I didn't want to load up my machine with a lot of software I wouldn't use like OpenOffice and Apache. But I find I'm missing programs like kpackage and KFM. Is there a Linux distro out there that is just one CD with all the bells and wissles or allows you to pick and choose what to install?

Gentoo, Slackware, Arch Linux... What about these?

Debian net-inst

Pretty much all Linux distros have an "add/remove programs" function (for quite a while now).

Command line method is this:
1. Open a terminal as root.
2. rpm -qa > installed_apps.txt
(RPM is Redhat Package Manager "q" means "query" , "a" means "all" ">" means "send to" , then you are creating a file called installed_apps.txt - whew!

Anyway open the list in a text editor, and you have a complete list of every app on your system.

REMOVE APP by typing rpm -e app <<< replace "app" with the name of the application you are removing.

Ubuntu
Kubuntu
Mepis
etc..etc..etc....

Also try:

http://distrowatch.com/

peace V