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Tinker: /* Avoiding annoying things later */

2020-07-18T17:42:45Z

Avoiding annoying things later

Tinker at 17:42, 18 July 2020

2020-07-18T17:42:08Z

Tinker: /* Remote Access */

2020-06-25T21:39:50Z

Remote Access

Tinker: Created page with "==Eliminating Extraneous Stuff== There's an awful lot of stuff installed by default with Mint that you'll probably never use (or even know exists...) on a desktop install. O..."

2020-06-17T06:02:53Z

Created page with "==Eliminating Extraneous Stuff== There's an awful lot of stuff installed by default with Mint that you'll probably never use (or even know exists...) on a desktop install. O..."

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==Eliminating Extraneous Stuff==

There's an awful lot of stuff installed by default with Mint that you'll probably never use (or even know exists...) on a desktop install.

On a server, moreso...

For a full list of installed packages:

<code>apt list --installed</code>

Here's my (likely incomplete) list for Mint 19.2:

*brltty
*dcraw
*espeak
*gimp
*gnome-calendar
*hexchat
*ideviceinstaller
*imagemagick
*<s>inxi</s>
*libreoffice
*mobile-broadband-provider-info
*modemmanager
*nvidia-prime-applet
*<s>plymouth</s>   (seems to want to remove cinnamon with it...)
*<s>pulseaudio</s>   (seems to want to remove cinnamon with it...)
*redshift
*rhythmbox
*simple-scan
*<s>streamer</s>   (seems to want to remove cinnamon with it...)
*thunderbird
*tomboy
*transmission
*ure   (don't add * to this one...)
*xplayer

To find out what a particular package actually is,  you can use:

<code>apt show PACKAGENAME</code>

To get rid of a package:

<code>apt remove PACKAGENAME*</code>

My minimum one-liner:

<code>apt remove brltty* dcraw* espeak* gimp* </code>gnome-calendar* <code>hexchat* ideviceinstaller* imagemagick* libreoffice* mobile-broadband-provider-info* modemmanager* nvidia-prime-applet* redshift* rhythmbox* </code>simple-scan* <code>thunderbird* tomboy* transmission* ure xplayer*</code>

I have ABSOLUTELY no doubt there's still a shitload of stuff that could be profitably removed.

==Remote Access==

===Install & enable sshd===

<code>sudo apt install openssh-server</code>

'''<span style="color:#9b59b6">Note:</span>''' When you try to ssh into a machine that has moved you'll probably see errors like: "Warning: the ECDSA host key for 'foobar' differs from the key for the IP address '192.168.0.66'"

<code>ssh-keygen -R 192.168.0.66</code>

Will erase that address from the known-hosts file and allow you to start clean

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 === Avoiding annoying things later ===
 After you get the server built (Heck... as soon as the OS is installed even...), it's a rather good idea to make sure everything is up-to-date:
 ==Remote Access==

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-==Eliminating Extraneous Stuff==
+== Suggestions for prep ==
 There's an awful lot of stuff installed by default with Mint that you'll probably never use (or even know exists...) on a desktop install.
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 I have ABSOLUTELY no doubt there's still a shitload of stuff that could be profitably removed.
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 Will erase that address from the known-hosts file and allow you to start clean
-=== Remote Desktop Protocol===
+===Remote Desktop Protocol===
-* [https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?t=266128 Connect to Mint 18.3 remote desktop] (discussion on linuxmint forums)
+*[https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?t=266128 Connect to Mint 18.3 remote desktop] (discussion on linuxmint forums)
-* [http://c-nergy.be/blog/?p=10273 xRDP - How to install on Linux Mint]
+*[http://c-nergy.be/blog/?p=10273 xRDP - How to install on Linux Mint]
-* '''SEARCH:'''&nbsp;[https://www.google.com/search?q=linux+rdp+compatible+wm linux rdp compatible wm]
+*'''SEARCH:'''&nbsp;[https://www.google.com/search?q=linux+rdp+compatible+wm linux rdp compatible wm]

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		+	=== Remote Desktop Protocol===
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		+	* [https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?t=266128 Connect to Mint 18.3 remote desktop] (discussion on linuxmint forums)
		+	* [http://c-nergy.be/blog/?p=10273 xRDP - How to install on Linux Mint]
		+	* '''SEARCH:''' [https://www.google.com/search?q=linux+rdp+compatible+wm linux rdp compatible wm]