Remove software

[Member maary79]

I have a mini pc with antix base and a 7.5 gb ssd.
I want to remove useless software.
Some I have already removed with:
sudo apt-get –purge remove software_name
I can’t find the exact name of some software.

POOR MANS RADIO PLAYER
Is pmrp? Apt cannot find the package

I have already removed xfburn, say it, can I remove other software without problems?
Geany?
Flubox? (I use space-icewm)
On this pc it is enough to have a browser (FF esr) and the games for children that I have already installed.
Thank you.

[Forum Admin anticapitalista]

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antiX does not ship with ‘useless’ software.

Philosophers have interpreted the world in many ways; the point is to change it.

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[Member Xecure]

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Hi. I was planing on writing an article to publish on the antiX wiki related to how to slim antiX.

Here are a few easy key points:
1. Remove all video drivers not related to your current xorg video driver.
Run inxi -G | grep "driver\|unloaded"
and write down the xorg video driver and the other drivers (just in case).
See all installed video driver packages:
apt list --installed | grep "xserver-xorg-video-" | cut -d"/" -f1
You will see al list of all xorg video drivers/modules. You just need to keep:

xserver-xorg-video-fbdev
xserver-xorg-video-vesa

and the ones that include the list of drivers you saw in the first command (including any unloaded). The rest you can remove manually (using synaptic or the command line or whatever you want).

2. Removing all firmware you don’t use.
antiX comes with an immense amount of firmware packages to try and give support to as many devices as possible. You can see all installed firmware packages with
apt list --installed | grep "firmware" | cut -d"/" -f1
It may not be intuitive, but some of them you can recognize if they are needed at all.
For example, if you don’t have a bluetooth device, you can uninstall bluez-firmware. If you don’t have any AMD CPU or GPU, you can remove firmware-amd-graphics. If you don’t have a broadcom wifi/ethernet network chips, remove firmware-b43-installer, firmware-b43legacy-installer, firmware-bnx2, firmware-bnx2x, firmware-brcm80211 packages. Also, remove the firmware-samsung (if available), as this is for samsung’s ARM chips (not fr normal x86 PCs).
Use
inxi -Fxz
as a reference to see what devices your hardware has if you don’t already know.
You can check information for each package with:
apt show firmware-atheros
To understand what each is used for. The linux-free and linux-nonfree ones are very big but it is best to keep them, as probably at least one of them has something you need for the computer to work.

A first start. I will continue later when I have more time.

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[Member maary79]

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Hi,
$ inxi -G | grep "driver\|unloaded"
Device-1: Intel Mobile 945GSE Express Integrated Graphics driver: i915
Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.4 driver: intel
unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa resolution: 1024x600~60Hz

aura@antix1:~
$ apt list --installed | grep "xserver-xorg-video-" | cut -d"/" -f1

WARNING: apt does not have a stable CLI interface. Use with caution in scripts.

xserver-xorg-video-all
xserver-xorg-video-amdgpu
xserver-xorg-video-ati
xserver-xorg-video-cirrus
xserver-xorg-video-fbdev
xserver-xorg-video-glide
xserver-xorg-video-intel
xserver-xorg-video-mach64
xserver-xorg-video-mga
xserver-xorg-video-neomagic
xserver-xorg-video-nouveau
xserver-xorg-video-openchrome
xserver-xorg-video-qxl
xserver-xorg-video-r128
xserver-xorg-video-radeon
xserver-xorg-video-savage
xserver-xorg-video-siliconmotion
xserver-xorg-video-sisusb
xserver-xorg-video-tdfx
xserver-xorg-video-trident
xserver-xorg-video-vesa
xserver-xorg-video-vmware
laura@antix1:~
$

sudo apt-get --purge remove xserver-xorg-video-all xserver-xorg-video-amdgpu xserver-xorg-video-ati xserver-xorg-video-cirrus xserver-xorg-video-glide xserver-xorg-video-mach64 xserver-xorg-video-mga xserver-xorg-video-neomagic xserver-xorg-video-nouveau xserver-xorg-video-openchrome xserver-xorg-video-qxl xserver-xorg-video-r128 xserver-xorg-video-radeon xserver-xorg-video-savage xserver-xorg-video-siliconmotion xserver-xorg-video-sisusb xserver-xorg-video-tdfx xserver-xorg-video-trident xserver-xorg-video-vmware

Its ok? I keep fbdev, vesa, intel?

If I then do apt-get autoremove, does it remove things from Antix it shouldn’t?

• This reply was modified 1 year, 9 months ago by maary79.
• This reply was modified 1 year, 9 months ago by maary79.

[Member maary79]

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I try to make a list of the firmware that I don’t use.

[Member Xecure]

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maary79 wrote:

sudo apt-get --purge remove xserver-xorg-video-all xserver-xorg-video-amdgpu xserver-xorg-video-ati xserver-xorg-video-cirrus xserver-xorg-video-glide xserver-xorg-video-mach64 xserver-xorg-video-mga xserver-xorg-video-neomagic xserver-xorg-video-nouveau xserver-xorg-video-openchrome xserver-xorg-video-qxl xserver-xorg-video-r128 xserver-xorg-video-radeon xserver-xorg-video-savage xserver-xorg-video-siliconmotion xserver-xorg-video-sisusb xserver-xorg-video-tdfx xserver-xorg-video-trident xserver-xorg-video-vmware

Its ok? I keep fbdev, vesa, intel?

It seems ok. You can test it out with a “simulate” option out before running it to see if it tries to uninstall any other package.
sudo apt purge --simulate xserver-xorg-video-all xserver-xorg-video-amdgpu xserver-xorg-video-ati xserver-xorg-video-cirrus xserver-xorg-video-glide xserver-xorg-video-mach64 xserver-xorg-video-mga xserver-xorg-video-neomagic xserver-xorg-video-nouveau xserver-xorg-video-openchrome xserver-xorg-video-qxl xserver-xorg-video-r128 xserver-xorg-video-radeon xserver-xorg-video-savage xserver-xorg-video-siliconmotion xserver-xorg-video-sisusb xserver-xorg-video-tdfx xserver-xorg-video-trident xserver-xorg-video-vmware

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[Forum Admin anticapitalista]

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If you really want a stripped antiX-base, why not start with antiX-core or antiX-net (if you use a wired connection)?
Both do not include Xorg.
That way you only install what you want.

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anticapitalista wrote:

If you really want a stripped antiX-base, why not start with antiX-core or antiX-net (if you use a wired connection)?
Both do not include Xorg.
That way you only install what you want.

These days I usually start with an antiX-Base, but I have used antiX Core many times and for many years with excellent results.
If you are willing to build your own system, Core is a great way. If you want something in place that you can immediately use, Base is the one, and if you truly want to build from a framework only, you can start with Net. (I don´t start at that fundamental level any more because wired access is inconvenient where I live now, but true purists might enjoy the challenge!)

On one of my ancient antiX Core images, it was surprising how easy it was to put together a decent system. Just start adding tools and utilities that you need. As long as you don´t install some package that has a large multi-package list, you can keep things efficient, and exactly what you want. On the other hand, you can go to the other extreme and build a large, full-featured desktop environment from the same humble beginning; it all depends on what suits your needs and interests. The first antiX Core image I created was a lightweight Xfce desktop environment with my own personal wallpaper, applications, and utilities. It worked very well for many years.

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