Hello Naeem, On 18/06/2023 20:07, Naeem Alatassi wrote:
I do not know why Debian Live KDE is bloated compared to KDE Neon.
The Debian live images are intentionally a very generic-purpose image, and therefore larger than specialised images.
Debian KDE: 3.39 GB, KDE Neon: 2.44 GB) You should remove some packages to have more lightweight system:akonadi-server, akregator, fcitx, fcitx5, gimp, imagemagick, imagemagick-6.q16ibus, libreoffice, uim, xterm, xiterm, mlterm
The Debian live images install 'task-kde-desktop', which brings in at least gimp and libreoffice. If you think that KDE ships suitable alternatives, I recommend to create a bug report against 'task-kde-desktop'. Additionally the images are prepared to be very multi-lingual, so there are many language packs installed as well (bringing at least uim, xterm, xiterm, mlterm). (From package 'live-task-kde')
And include packages like: vlc, ffmpeg, pipewire-audio
There are some vlc-related packages installed, but vlc is indeed missing. Thanks for reporting that, I'll take a look to see why it is missing and/or whether KDE offers a suitable alternative.
ffmpeg in indeed not installed, but ffmpegthumbs is. I'm currently unsure whether this would fit the purpose of live images, without needing additional tools like kdenlive, handbrake and similar.
pipewire-audio is normally coming via gnome-core or gnome-settings-daemon, so I wonder whether that belongs on a KDE live image.
It is pain to remove unneeded packages from system and install what most of people need.
When you install the Debian live image to your hard disk, you'll get a copy of everything on that image. If you want to have more control over the installed packages, I guess that the netinst image is more suited for your purpose.
With kind regards, Roland Clobus
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