diff --git a/fedora-live-base.ks b/fedora-live-base.ks
index c15fed5..d8a63f7 100644
--- a/fedora-live-base.ks
+++ b/fedora-live-base.ks
@@ -33,15 +33,14 @@ repo --name=rawhide --mirrorlist=http://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/mirrorlist?rep
 @base-x
 @base
 @core
+@fonts
 @admin-tools
 @dial-up
 @hardware-support
 @printing
 kernel
 memtest86+
-
-# for live initrd
-livecd-tools
+firstaidkit-plugin-all
 
 # save some space
 -specspo
@@ -74,9 +73,6 @@ livecd-tools
 -xsane-gimp
 -sane-backends
 
-# lots of people want to have this
-gparted
-
 # livecd bits to set up the livecd and be able to install
 anaconda
 isomd5sum
diff --git a/fedora-livecd-desktop.ks b/fedora-livecd-desktop.ks
index 062bedd..4f7a55c 100644
--- a/fedora-livecd-desktop.ks
+++ b/fedora-livecd-desktop.ks
@@ -12,21 +12,24 @@ NetworkManager-openvpn
 # we don't include @office so that we don't get OOo.  but some nice bits
 abiword
 gnumeric
-evince
-gnome-blog
 #planner
 #inkscape
 
+# avoid weird case where we pull in more festival stuff than we need
+festival
+festvox-slt-arctic-hts
+
 # dictionaries are big
 -aspell-*
+-hunspell-*
 -man-pages-*
 -scim-tables-*
 -wqy-bitmap-fonts
 -dejavu-fonts-experimental
--dejavu-fonts
 
 # more fun with space saving
 -scim-lang-chinese
+-scim-python*
 scim-chewing
 scim-pinyin
 
@@ -38,6 +41,21 @@ scim-pinyin
 -nss_db
 -vino
 
+-dasher
+-evince-dvi
+-evince-djvu
+# not needed for gnome
+-acpid
+# temporary - drags in many deps
+-ekiga
+-tomboy
+-f-spot
+
+# try to get down to cd sized for the alpha
+-gnumeric
+-isdn4k-utils
+# hack to deal with conditionals + multiarch blargh
+-scim-bridge-gtk.i386
 %end
 
 %post