I’ve installed debian on an old laptop and am wondering if the 10 gig base system size can be slimmed down by deleting unneeded files.

I ran the commands to look for any runaway logs or other obviously large files and nothing popped out.

Is there a group of folders full of stuff I don’t need or is this just the size of modern distros?

EDIT: I ended up doing a netinstall and got a 6ish gig system so I’m pretty happy with that. The netinstall image was able to detect my wifi card even though the debian live installer was not.

  • MajorHavoc@programming.dev
    51·
    3 days ago

    the live disk won’t find my Wifi

    Oof.

    In case it helps: I have solved that problem for myself using a $9.00 USB Wifi dongle.

    For whatever reason (other contributors facing the same issue?), I have found that every cheapo USB Wifi dongle I have tried has worked perfectly with the minimal Linux images.

    I realize I might have just gotten really lucky a bunch of times, but it could be worth a try.