Re: Uninstall (nearly) everything installed after spacific date

[Bob <spam@homeurl.co.uk>]

Joe Hart wrote:
> Bob wrote:
>   
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> > That's sort of what I'm doing, I do a base install without even going
> > into the task selector or configuring apt sources
> > then I vi /etc/apt/sources.list and enter
> >
> > deb http://192.168.4.99:9999/debian/ etch main
> > # deb-src http://192.168.4.99:9999/debian/ etch main
> > deb http://192.168.4.99:9999/security/ etch/updates main
> > # deb-src http://192.168.4.99:9999/security/ etch/updates main
> >
> > by hand, (you may be able to guess the IP address of my apt-proxy)
> > then
> > apt-get install debian-archive-keyring
> > apt-key update
> > apt-get install ssh
> > So I can paste the rest into a terminal window from the comfort of my
> > own desktop.
> >
> > apt-get update
> > apt-get upgrade
> > apt-get dist-upgrade
> >
> > Get a better kernel depending on architecture
> > apt-get -s -V install linux-image-2.6-k7
> >
> > apt-get install screen hdparm smartmontools ntp lm-sensors hddtemp sudo
> > then I need to edit
> > /etc/ntp.conf     (my firewall runs ntpd)
> > /etc/smartd.conf
> > /etc/default/smartmontools
> > /etc/sensors.conf
> >
> > # Update the hddtemp.db
> > wget http://www.guzu.net/linux/hddtemp.db
> > mv ./hddtemp.db /etc/
> > /etc/init.d/hddtemp restart
> > nc localhost 7634 ; echo
> >
> > # install X a windowing environment and some tools
> > apt-get -s -V install xorg xfce4 thunar alsa-utils xfce4-cpugraph-plugin
> > xfce4-mixer-alsa xfce4-mixer xfce4-weather-plugin
> > apt-get -s -V install iceweasel icedove gaim gaim-encryption
> > gaim-irchelper gaim-themes gaim-guifications gaim-extendedprefs
> > apt-get -s -V install dia dcraw cinepaint inkscape xpdf mplayer
> >
> > apt-get -s -V install abiword abiword-plugins myspell-en-gb
> > myspell-en-us openoffice.org openclipart-openoffice.org
> > openoffice.org-help-en-gb openoffice.org-help-en-gb libxrender1
> > libgl1-mesa-dri menu pstoedit imagemagick
> >
> > then to /etc/sudoers add
> > ALL ALL = NOPASSWD: /usr/sbin/xfsm-shutdown-helper
> >
> > That's as far as I've got, so far, it takes care of most of my everyday
> > tasks, and because of apt-proxy I can reproduce the install very fast.
> >
> > I'm sure there'll be more but for the moment it's small, light and works
> > as well on my Athlon XP 3200s which  a 1GB of ram as it does (with a few
> > omissions) on my P!!! 667s which have 256MB of ram.  I haven't chosen an
> > SIP softvideophone yet, I like ekiga but it has so many gnome
> > dependencies that I'm reluctant to install it.
> >     
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> Looks like a fine system you're setting up there, of course, I'm
> addicted to KDE, but xfce is a nice light desktop.  Somehow I don't
> think you're getting 4.4 that way, but how do I know what version is on
> your proxy.  Have you checked out icewm-crystal?
>   

I'm getting whatever version is in the standard Etch repository
The About Xfce 4 windows says
Xfce 4 Desktop Environment
version 4.3.99.2 (Xfce 4.4 RC2)
so..

> Just out of curiousities sake, why abiword and openoffice?  I suppose
> you like abiword over writer, but need calc and impress and since it's
> all bundled....
>   

Precisely, I use a word processor a lot and a spreadsheet rarely so 
while I love Oo I don't want to have to fire it up every time I need to 
edit a document.

I just had to install flash, first bit of non-free software on the 
entire system, I feel all grubby.