Re: Advice about removing cruft?
On Mon, September 3, 2012 2:04 pm, Mark Allums wrote:
> In an effort to improve system stability without completely
> reinstalling, how would someone pick and choose things to trim or remove
> from a Desktop/Workstation? My favorite and main Linux/Debian machine
> is flaky right now, and I don't want to commit the time and mental
> effort to completely nuke from orbit [it's the only way to be sure].
> Also, I'd rather not rely on automated tools, especially, but not
> necessarily only, apt-get autoremove. I realize I haven't given you
> specifics yet, but I'm looking at where best to start, besides just
> removing unused packages. Systemic cruft in particular, e.g., daemons
> or services loaded that are redundant or silly, such as tracker.
>
> Any ideas?
Hello Mark,
I find the packages 'cruft' and 'deborphan' work fairly well together.
I find Bleachbit to be a little too militant.
Regards,
Weaver.
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