On Fri, 20 Aug 2021 at 10:25, Anand Buddhdev <anandb at ripe.net> wrote: > > Hi folks, > > After doing a minimal CentOS 8.4 installation, I found the following > packages to be useful for a simple server, so I removed them: > > cronie-anacron (replaced with cronie-noanacron) > alsa-firmware > ivtv-firmware > iwl*-firmware > sssd-common (along with all packages that depended on it) > > What other things do folk usually remove to make their installation smaller? > Usually it breaks down at this point because everyone has different things they want for their minimal install. Getting 3 people to agree on a minimal working set seems to be harder than doing a three body physics problem :). -- Stephen J Smoogen. I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Flame wars in sci.astro.orion. I have seen SPAM filters overload because of Godwin's Law. All those moments will be lost in time... like posts on BBS... time to reboot.