best ways to find and remove unneeded packages/snaps and...

[Robert Moskowitz]

If I were one to always trying out packages, I would do it in a virt 
image.  I could always trash the image and start again, rather than 
figure out what to remove.

Only install the apt in the main system if it proved worth using...

On 10/22/25 1:27 PM, M. Fioretti wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 22, 2025 18:10:13 PM +0200, Ralf Mardorf via ubuntu-users wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 2025-10-22 at 05:47 +0000, Marco Fioretti wrote:
>>> The less software there is on any computer, the better it is.
>> Why is it better to have less software? I hope you're not arguing based
>> on the free space on a desktop computer's SSD/HDD.
> I firmly believe that's what is not there cannot break, that's
> all. Especially when, as is my case, I have to constantly try new
> software for courses and similar, but almost always never need it
> anymore after that moment has passed. In the last ten years I've tried
> hundreds of packages, and never used 90/95% of them after the
> test.
>
>> Only remove software that you will absolutely never need again. You must
>> do this because no script can read your mind.
> I fully agree, but I did not make myself clear enough, sorry. What I
> am after is to combine all the possible tricks and tools in a way that:
>
> 1) does all the safe stuff (e.g. "sudo apt autoremove") in one go, as
> automatically as possible
>
> 2) tells me (again, in one run)  **everything** I should look at
> personally, before removing it manually if it makes sense to do it.
>
> I do NOT mind assembling a script together myself. I'd like it,
> actually. What I need help for is both good one-liners I could adapt
> and combine, and a list of **everything** that script should check.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Marco
>