On Mon, Sep 03, 2012 at 03:23:21PM -0700, Weaver wrote: > I find the packages 'cruft' and 'deborphan' work fairly well together. > I find Bleachbit to be a little too militant. All of the above will find packages that are not being used. But, packages that are not being used are not loaded and thus not contributing towards system instability. The OP needs to look at what is *running* and what they are actively *using* to solve their issues issues.