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I've been installing Ubuntu exclusively on USB memory sticks, because then if Canonical suddenly decides I don't need frivolous things like sound or wifi to work properly, I can just pop in another installation and keep going. A 4GB USB drive is plenty of space, if you remove the all the junk that comes with the default Ubuntu Desktop installation.
I went through the entire package listing in Ubuntu 8.10 and figured out which packages were useless space-hogs. It is utterly astounding that for every package installed by default, someone at Canonical decided it would be more useful than VLC Media Player.
Here is a magic command that will immediately save 500 MB of disk space. This is customized to my own usage, and your's may be different. In particular, I don't use openoffice or bluetooth, and I don't read Thai or Chinese.
sudo apt-get autoremove gnome-games-data thunderbird openoffice.org-help-en-us ttf-arphic-uming pidgin-data ttf-unfonts-core seahorse seahorse-plugins libsane ttf-kochi-gothic brasero totem vinagre ttf-thai-tlwg yelp listen bluez catfish xchat bluez-gnome xsane-common xchat-common
This removes:
The "autoremove" part says that it will remove these packages, and all others that depend on them as well. For example, by listing "gnome-games-data", it will automatically remove gnome-games as well.
Start synaptic package manager. Select "Filter" from the "Settings Menu". Create a new filter, and call it "installed". Deselect all options, and then put a check mark beside "Installed". Click OK
Select "Preferences" from the "Settings Menu". Under the "Columns and Fonts" tab, make sure "Installed size" has a checkmark beside it.
Now you can get a listing of the most bloated packages, sorted by size. Go through them and "Mark for Complete Removal" any applications that you don't use. If in doubt, leave it in. If it prompts you, don't be afraid of removing "ubuntu-desktop". This is just an empty "meta-package", and its absence won't affect your system. However, you should avoid removing anything that would also remove "gnome-panel".
Or you can record their name and make a command that you can use on other systems, as I have above.
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Not agreeing on:
Seahorse -- useless? What alternative do you use to exchange confidential emails?
Pidgin -- I think it's quite useful as you can connect to many networks and don't need to run different client simultaneously.
Thunderbird -- Do you really feel fine with a company like Google storing your mail? And with not having a local copy of it?
After a lot of thought, I decided that Google would probably take better care of my data than I can. It is time consuming to organize and backup all my files regularly on my own. I could use an online service to do it, but then I am back where I started. So I might as well store my emails on Google.
There is lots of transports, if you don't set it up yourself, that can be used to talk to ICQ, MSN etc.
The good part is you can be logged into the Jabber from many places at the same time, like home and work. And also to the other nets.
So. Pidgin is not that good.
At this point, I should probably add I use Suse.
Btw isn't puppy linux also good if you want something faster?
now again did sudo apt-get autoremove .....
i saw it was removing gnome-desktop-environment !
yet to restart and see if I encounter the same problem, I am worried.. :(
next time through sudo apt-get autoremove...
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