Re: Return a Debian system to a pristine state

[Miles Fidelman <mfidelman@meetinghouse.net>]

On 5/28/20 10:34 AM, Victor Sudakov wrote:

> Greg Wooledge wrote:
> > On Thu, May 28, 2020 at 08:50:44PM +0700, Victor Sudakov wrote:
> > > What is searched for in Debian is the ability to remove the bloatware
> > > which was not present at the time of installation.
> > But... but... it's precisely DURING the installation that most of the
> > crappy "bloatware" GETS ONTO THE SYSTEM!
> What?!
>
> > How meny people do you think install GNOME or KDE or XFCE separately
> > after the install, as opposed to ACCEPTING A DEFAULT during the install?
> The way you put it, those GNOME or KDE or XFCE would be part of the
> "pristine system" and I'm fine with it.
>
> But *many* people do install productivity tools, office tools, games,
> developer environments separately after the install, and then regret it
> and wish to get rid of them cleanly.
And then there are those of us who run servers, don't want any of the 
desktop applications - but then we know enough not to install it in the 
first place.  We tend to be more worried about all the interdependcies 
installed/required by systemd - but that's another battle entirely.

Miles Fidelman

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