Re: Stripping down Debian Squeeze

[Don Juan <donjuansjiz@gmail.com>]

On 01/13/2012 05:34 AM, Andrei Popescu wrote:
> On Vi, 13 ian 12, 16:56:09, Bijoy Lobo wrote:
> > Hello Everyone,
> >
> > I am currently Debian Squeeze for a UTM ( Squid3+Snort+OpenVPN+iptables). I
> > would like to strip down the OS for better performance of the UTM. It would
> > be acting as a gateway to my network so if there is any software within the
> > OS which i can uninstall for better performance would certainly help me.
> If there were a software that could speed up systems then it would be
> installed by default ;)
>
> If you want specific recommendations of (alternative) software for your
> application you have to provide *many* more details. Start with:
>
> - hardware configuration
> - network topology
> - number of hosts
> - typical usage of the hosts
> - etc.
>
> Kind regards,
> Andrei
Or install the netcd with no X trim if needed on the basic console 
install, then only install what you want after that. That's the only way 
I will install Debian, cuts out tons of cruft.