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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 14-07-16 11:31 AM, Wes James wrote:<br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jul 16, 2014 at 5:02 AM, Neil
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I upgraded to Xubuntu 14.04. That is to say it was a new<br>
installation not an upgrade. I notice that it includes
some programs<br>
that I don't really need or want. Two examples are pidgin
and zeitgeist.<br>
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Is it all right to simply remove these or might that cause
problems?<br>
Are there some programs which should be left alone and
simply not used?<br>
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<div>You may want to take a look at apt-cache:</div>
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<div><a moz-do-not-send="true"
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<div>and apt-get remove/purge:</div>
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<div><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://askubuntu.com/questions/231562/what-is-the-difference-between-apt-get-purge-and-apt-get-remove">http://askubuntu.com/questions/231562/what-is-the-difference-between-apt-get-purge-and-apt-get-remove</a></div>
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<div>-wes </div>
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There are some packages that should, in fact, be left alone.
Zeitgeist I would leave alone. It has some stuff that meets up with
any messenger based program and can work with several non-messenger
based apps. Pidgin, however, you can just get rid of.<br>
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