SBN - Baseline Server Notes
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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:
apt list --installed
Here's my (likely incomplete) list for Mint 19.2:
- brltty
- dcraw
- espeak
- gimp
- gnome-calendar
- hexchat
- ideviceinstaller
- imagemagick
inxi- libreoffice
- mobile-broadband-provider-info
- modemmanager
- nvidia-prime-applet
plymouth(seems to want to remove cinnamon with it...)pulseaudio(seems to want to remove cinnamon with it...)- redshift
- rhythmbox
- simple-scan
streamer(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:
apt show PACKAGENAME
To get rid of a package:
apt remove PACKAGENAME*
My minimum one-liner:
apt remove brltty* dcraw* espeak* gimp* gnome-calendar* hexchat* ideviceinstaller* imagemagick* libreoffice* mobile-broadband-provider-info* modemmanager* nvidia-prime-applet* redshift* rhythmbox* simple-scan* thunderbird* tomboy* transmission* ure xplayer*
I have ABSOLUTELY no doubt there's still a shitload of stuff that could be profitably removed.
Remote Access
Install & enable sshd
sudo apt install openssh-server
Note: 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'"
ssh-keygen -R 192.168.0.66
Will erase that address from the known-hosts file and allow you to start clean
Remote Desktop Protocol
- Connect to Mint 18.3 remote desktop (discussion on linuxmint forums)
- xRDP - How to install on Linux Mint
- SEARCH: linux rdp compatible wm
