Fedora bloat begone!
I just spent the last 45 minutes trimming the fat from a default fedora install! Forty-five minutes!!! Well I think it’s a default installation… I didn’t install the image, but one thing is for sure — this image is full of desktop crap.
Apr 17 10:42:55 Erased: rss-glx Apr 17 10:42:57 Erased: rss-glx-gnome-screensaver Apr 17 10:43:03 Erased: lohit-fonts-oriya Apr 17 10:43:06 Erased: lohit-fonts-telugu Apr 17 10:43:08 Erased: lohit-fonts-gujarati Apr 17 10:43:11 Erased: lohit-fonts-kannada Apr 17 10:43:13 Erased: lohit-fonts-punjabi Apr 17 10:43:15 Erased: lohit-fonts-tamil Apr 17 10:43:18 Erased: lohit-fonts-bengali Apr 17 10:43:20 Erased: lohit-fonts-hindi Apr 17 10:44:07 Erased: neverball Apr 17 10:44:26 Erased: reiserfs-utils Apr 17 10:44:55 Erased: pirut Apr 17 10:45:02 Erased: pykickstart Apr 17 10:46:14 Erased: hpijs Apr 17 10:46:14 Erased: sane-backends Apr 17 10:46:16 Erased: lm_sensors Apr 17 10:46:18 Erased: hplip Apr 17 10:46:20 Erased: net-snmp-libs Apr 17 10:46:21 Erased: gkrellm Apr 17 10:46:23 Erased: sane-backends-libs Apr 17 10:46:24 Erased: libsane-hpaio Apr 17 10:46:48 Erased: bzflag Apr 17 10:46:57 Erased: rhgb Apr 17 10:47:23 Erased: nvidia-driver-installer Apr 17 10:48:26 Erased: compiz Apr 17 10:49:05 Erased: compiz-gnome Apr 17 10:49:07 Erased: comps-extras Apr 17 10:49:42 Erased: vino Apr 17 10:49:47 Erased: nspluginwrapper Apr 17 10:50:06 Erased: pulseaudio-esound-compat Apr 17 10:50:34 Erased: libflashsupport Apr 17 10:50:49 Erased: alsamixergui Apr 17 10:51:04 Erased: libbtctl Apr 17 10:51:04 Erased: gnome-bluetooth-libs Apr 17 10:51:05 Erased: gnokii Apr 17 10:51:06 Erased: gnome-vfs2-obexftp Apr 17 10:51:06 Erased: bluez-utils-cups Apr 17 10:51:09 Erased: bluez-gnome Apr 17 10:51:15 Erased: gnome-phone-manager Apr 17 10:51:17 Erased: bluez-libs Apr 17 10:52:03 Erased: emacs-common Apr 17 10:52:04 Erased: emacs-nox Apr 17 10:52:26 Erased: f-spot Apr 17 10:52:49 Erased: fedora-screensaver-theme Apr 17 10:52:50 Erased: fedorainfinity-screensaver-theme Apr 17 10:52:53 Erased: gnome-screensaver Apr 17 10:53:33 Erased: gnome-session Apr 17 10:53:38 Erased: gnome-media Apr 17 10:53:43 Erased: nautilus-cd-burner Apr 17 10:53:51 Erased: gnome-volume-manager Apr 17 10:54:07 Erased: gnome-applets Apr 17 10:54:10 Erased: pgadmin3 Apr 17 10:54:16 Erased: control-center Apr 17 10:54:19 Erased: gstreamer-tools Apr 17 10:54:22 Erased: gstreamer-plugins-good Apr 17 10:54:27 Erased: gstreamer Apr 17 10:54:28 Erased: wxGTK Apr 17 10:54:32 Erased: gnome-power-manager Apr 17 10:54:35 Erased: gstreamer-plugins-base Apr 17 10:55:19 Erased: eog Apr 17 10:56:11 Erased: tetex Apr 17 10:56:15 Erased: tetex-latex Apr 17 10:56:17 Erased: sazanami-fonts-gothic Apr 17 10:56:19 Erased: jomolhari-fonts Apr 17 10:56:21 Erased: paktype-fonts Apr 17 10:56:25 Erased: tetex-fonts Apr 17 10:56:26 Erased: baekmuk-ttf-fonts-gulim Apr 17 10:56:28 Erased: baekmuk-ttf-fonts-common Apr 17 10:56:29 Erased: tetex-dvips Apr 17 10:56:30 Erased: texinfo-tex Apr 17 10:56:30 Erased: a2ps Apr 17 10:57:14 Erased: cjkunifonts-uming Apr 17 10:57:16 Erased: kacst-fonts Apr 17 10:57:49 Erased: galculator Apr 17 10:58:05 Erased: opengl-games-utils Apr 17 10:58:38 Erased: pulseaudio-module-x11 Apr 17 10:58:39 Erased: pulseaudio Apr 17 10:58:40 Erased: pulseaudio-module-gconf Apr 17 10:59:37 Erased: gnome-doc-utils Apr 17 10:59:38 Erased: gnome-desktop-devel Apr 17 10:59:49 Erased: yelp Apr 17 10:59:51 Erased: gnome-doc-utils-stylesheets Apr 17 11:00:49 Erased: gimp Apr 17 11:00:50 Erased: gimp-libs Apr 17 11:00:51 Erased: gnome-backgrounds Apr 17 11:00:52 Erased: doxygen Apr 17 11:00:56 Erased: gimp-help Apr 17 11:01:02 Erased: gimp-help Apr 17 11:01:32 Erased: bug-buddy Apr 17 11:01:41 Erased: gnome-pilot Apr 17 11:01:43 Erased: gnome-pilot-devel Apr 17 11:02:25 Erased: gphoto2 Apr 17 11:02:29 Erased: gthumb Apr 17 11:02:31 Erased: gnome-audio Apr 17 11:03:01 Erased: httpd-tools Apr 17 11:03:01 Erased: httpd Apr 17 11:03:05 Erased: gnome-user-share Apr 17 11:03:12 Erased: gutenprint Apr 17 11:03:13 Erased: gutenprint-foomatic Apr 17 11:04:17 Erased: gparted Apr 17 11:04:18 Erased: openvpn Apr 17 11:04:19 Erased: NetworkManager-openvpn Apr 17 11:04:20 Erased: parted Apr 17 11:04:21 Erased: nash Apr 17 11:04:22 Erased: mkinitrd Apr 17 11:07:59 Erased: gnome-sharp Apr 17 11:08:37 Erased: gtweakui Apr 17 11:09:05 Erased: libXScrnSaver Apr 17 11:09:06 Erased: libXScrnSaver-devel Apr 17 11:10:30 Erased: libgnomeprintui22 Apr 17 11:10:34 Erased: gnome-utils Apr 17 11:10:39 Erased: libgnomeprintui22-devel Apr 17 11:10:43 Erased: gedit Apr 17 11:10:47 Erased: libgnomeprint22-devel Apr 17 11:10:48 Erased: libgnomeprint22 Apr 17 11:11:00 Erased: libtheora Apr 17 11:11:00 Erased: libvorbis-devel Apr 17 11:11:01 Erased: libogg Apr 17 11:11:02 Erased: libogg-devel Apr 17 11:11:03 Erased: libvorbis Apr 17 11:13:09 Erased: gpm-devel Apr 17 11:13:28 Erased: pilot-link-devel Apr 17 11:13:28 Erased: pilot-link Apr 17 11:13:51 Erased: pcmciautils Apr 17 11:14:26 Erased: vnc-server Apr 17 11:14:32 Erased: vnc-libs Apr 17 11:14:32 Erased: vnc Apr 17 11:25:01 Erased: openobex Apr 17 11:25:21 Erased: vsftpd Apr 17 11:25:42 Erased: srecord Apr 17 11:25:59 Erased: xorg-x11-drivers Apr 17 11:26:00 Erased: synaptics Apr 17 11:26:18 Erased: samba Apr 17 11:26:24 Erased: samba-common Apr 17 11:26:25 Erased: samba-client Apr 17 11:27:05 Erased: redhat-lsb Apr 17 11:27:07 Erased: cups Apr 17 11:27:12 Erased: paps Apr 17 11:27:12 Erased: libgnomecups Apr 17 11:27:18 Erased: ntfs-3g Apr 17 11:27:18 Erased: ntfsprogs Apr 17 11:28:21 Erased: file-roller Apr 17 11:28:30 Erased: policycoreutils-gui Apr 17 11:29:54 Erased: alsa-utils Apr 17 11:30:09 Erased: gnome-panel-devel Apr 17 11:30:10 Erased: gnome-libs-devel Apr 17 11:30:11 Erased: alsa-lib-devel Apr 17 11:30:12 Erased: libgnomeuimm26-devel Apr 17 11:30:13 Erased: libgnome-devel Apr 17 11:30:14 Erased: libgnomemm26-devel Apr 17 11:30:14 Erased: libbonoboui-devel Apr 17 11:30:15 Erased: esound-devel Apr 17 11:30:15 Erased: libgnomeui-devel Apr 17 11:30:17 Erased: SDL-devel Apr 17 11:30:27 Erased: curl-devel Apr 17 11:30:44 Erased: iwl4965-firmware Apr 17 11:31:00 Erased: paps-libs
Ok, it’s not all junk, but I didn’t need any of this stuff for this server.
Can anyone think of any other audio related packages I can get rid of? I don’t need audio, cd burning, flashy 3d graphics, printing, image or video playback/record capabilities on this machine at all.
















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