Re: [CentOS] setting up bare minimal CentOS VM

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Craig, yes, and no. I am actually looking for a list of software packages that can be removed without breaking the running OS. like for example bluez-libs or cronie-anacron which isn't necessarily needed for a bare-minimum system to run.

I honestly don't just want to delete stuff that I don't know if it could break something, so I was hoping maybe someone knows of a list (on a wiki / blog / etc) that has a really bare minimum list of software that needs to be on a server to function.

I could install anything else later on if I need to though.

I really think the minimal CD would be about as lean as you would want to go. You could maybe trim a few megs, but is it worth the extra work?