I’ve installed debian on an old laptop and am wondering if the 10 gig base system size can be slimmed down by deleting unneeded files.
I ran the commands to look for any runaway logs or other obviously large files and nothing popped out.
Is there a group of folders full of stuff I don’t need or is this just the size of modern distros?
You can start with
dpigs. Then start marking packages automatically installed withapt-mark.aptitudemay be a good frontend when removing a lot of packages, you can mark entire categories, like libraries, as automatically installed.Pay attention to the package headers when removing packages. You don’t want to remove essential packages.
@ouch @WhiteOakBayou If you try to remove essential packages, it will not allow you without an extra flag, even as root.