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Re: freeing up some space

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On Wednesday 12 January 2022 12:48:38 am David Wright wrote:
> And now you want to aimlessly zap a few more directories for no better
> reason than the fact that they look unused. Well, take a look at
> https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2020/10/msg00308.html
> where I measured how much disk space I might reclaim by purging all
> the non-English localization files on the system: a measly 358MB.

I've seen some of that stuff in there,  too...

And yes,  I remember that post.
 
> Is it worth the hassle and potential future trouble. I was under the
> impression that you wanted to get your out-of-date system in order,
> ready for the next upgrade step. Why would you want to prejudice the
> smooth running of your upgrade path just for a few hundred MB.
 
This is funny,  I remember when an 80MB drive was *huge*.   :-)

I'm aiming to clean things up a bit so that I don't end up downloading stuff I don't need,  and never use.  Save myself some time.


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  Re: freeing up some space Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2022-01-11 20:00 +0100
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    Re: freeing up some space Kent West <westk@acu.edu> - 2022-01-11 22:10 +0100
      Re: freeing up some space "c. marlow" <debian@cwm030.com> - 2022-01-11 23:20 +0100
        Re: freeing up some space "c. marlow" <debian@cwm030.com> - 2022-01-11 23:30 +0100
        Re: freeing up some space Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2022-01-11 23:40 +0100
    Re: freeing up some space Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2022-01-12 00:20 +0100
      Re: freeing up some space David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2022-01-12 00:30 +0100
      Re: freeing up some space Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2022-01-12 00:30 +0100
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    Re: freeing up some space "Roy J. Tellason, Sr." <roy@rtellason.com> - 2022-01-12 17:00 +0100
  Re: freeing up some space David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2022-01-12 06:50 +0100
    Re: freeing up some space "Roy J. Tellason, Sr." <roy@rtellason.com> - 2022-01-12 17:10 +0100

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