I feel my system is perpetually bloated, and try to maintain what applications I have installed but always seem to veer off into new applications or python modules and what ever else.
Just wondering how does one keep a lean daily use system?
Bloated us a relative term. If it feels bloated then it is, if it doesn’t then it isn’t. The second you start noticing it is when you know you’ve gone too far for your own comfort and should start cleaning more aggressively. Compared to old computers even the cleanest modern linux setup is bloated by comparison in most cases.
Linux is bloat. You should be entering your own minimal kernel in microcode via front panel switches at boot instead of being so wasteful. What do you think all that RAM and drive space is for? Holding data??
(Seriously, the modern minimalist thing is hilarious to me and I’ve been using computers since 16K of RAM was impressive…)
