Is there any drawback to remove gnome-software and packagekit in Artful?
I read this but it was for 16.04. As Artful will use gnome-shell, is there any drawback to remove these two packages and their dependencies and use apt or Synaptic as I am used to since ten years?
I did a test on the latest beta and auto removed:
gnome-software
packagekit
gnome-software-plugin-snap
gstreamer1.0-packagekit
packagekit-tools
ubuntu-desktop
ubuntu-software
gstreamer1.0-alsa
libllvm4.0
libproxy1-plugin-gsettings
libproxy1-plugin-networkmanager
libreoffice-pdfimport
ttf-ancient-fonts-symbola
So far it seems to work and lower memory consumption to 848Mb at boot. The only drawback I found is the lack of auto codecs installation , and the fact you have normally to add again ubuntu-desktop package before each Ubuntu reelease.
gnome-software
asked Sep 13 '17 at 11:44
thierrybothierrybo
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I read this but it was for 16.04. As Artful will use gnome-shell, is there any drawback to remove these two packages and their dependencies and use apt or Synaptic as I am used to since ten years?
I did a test on the latest beta and auto removed:
gnome-software
packagekit
gnome-software-plugin-snap
gstreamer1.0-packagekit
packagekit-tools
ubuntu-desktop
ubuntu-software
gstreamer1.0-alsa
libllvm4.0
libproxy1-plugin-gsettings
libproxy1-plugin-networkmanager
libreoffice-pdfimport
ttf-ancient-fonts-symbola
So far it seems to work and lower memory consumption to 848Mb at boot. The only drawback I found is the lack of auto codecs installation , and the fact you have normally to add again ubuntu-desktop package before each Ubuntu reelease.
gnome-software
asked Sep 13 '17 at 11:44
thierrybothierrybo
205
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I read this but it was for 16.04. As Artful will use gnome-shell, is there any drawback to remove these two packages and their dependencies and use apt or Synaptic as I am used to since ten years?
I did a test on the latest beta and auto removed:
gnome-software
packagekit
gnome-software-plugin-snap
gstreamer1.0-packagekit
packagekit-tools
ubuntu-desktop
ubuntu-software
gstreamer1.0-alsa
libllvm4.0
libproxy1-plugin-gsettings
libproxy1-plugin-networkmanager
libreoffice-pdfimport
ttf-ancient-fonts-symbola
So far it seems to work and lower memory consumption to 848Mb at boot. The only drawback I found is the lack of auto codecs installation , and the fact you have normally to add again ubuntu-desktop package before each Ubuntu reelease.
gnome-software
asked Sep 13 '17 at 11:44
thierrybothierrybo
205
I read this but it was for 16.04. As Artful will use gnome-shell, is there any drawback to remove these two packages and their dependencies and use apt or Synaptic as I am used to since ten years?
I did a test on the latest beta and auto removed:
gnome-software
packagekit
gnome-software-plugin-snap
gstreamer1.0-packagekit
packagekit-tools
ubuntu-desktop
ubuntu-software
gstreamer1.0-alsa
libllvm4.0
libproxy1-plugin-gsettings
libproxy1-plugin-networkmanager
libreoffice-pdfimport
ttf-ancient-fonts-symbola
So far it seems to work and lower memory consumption to 848Mb at boot. The only drawback I found is the lack of auto codecs installation , and the fact you have normally to add again ubuntu-desktop package before each Ubuntu reelease.
gnome-software
gnome-software
asked Sep 13 '17 at 11:44
thierrybothierrybo
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asked Sep 13 '17 at 11:44
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asked Sep 13 '17 at 11:44
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asked Sep 13 '17 at 11:44
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No drawback that I know of.
1st thing I do after every ubuntu installation is to remove dozens of bloatware packages, including those.
As for codecs, just install vlc and mplayer (or mpv) which play everything.
answered Feb 1 at 16:14
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No drawback that I know of.
1st thing I do after every ubuntu installation is to remove dozens of bloatware packages, including those.
As for codecs, just install vlc and mplayer (or mpv) which play everything.
answered Feb 1 at 16:14
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No drawback that I know of.
1st thing I do after every ubuntu installation is to remove dozens of bloatware packages, including those.
As for codecs, just install vlc and mplayer (or mpv) which play everything.
answered Feb 1 at 16:14
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No drawback that I know of.
1st thing I do after every ubuntu installation is to remove dozens of bloatware packages, including those.
As for codecs, just install vlc and mplayer (or mpv) which play everything.
answered Feb 1 at 16:14
aierwngviowernvioernbiopraierwngviowernvioernbiopr
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No drawback that I know of.
1st thing I do after every ubuntu installation is to remove dozens of bloatware packages, including those.
As for codecs, just install vlc and mplayer (or mpv) which play everything.
answered Feb 1 at 16:14
aierwngviowernvioernbiopraierwngviowernvioernbiopr
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answered Feb 1 at 16:14
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