Re: What packages are safe to remove (purge)?
 

Not to hijack this thread, however would effort not be better spent figuring out which stuff can be removed from the flashable firmware image to be flashed to a fresh/broken n900?

I mean removing the zzz scripts from rcs.d? Wtf is the point?

Re: What packages are safe to remove (purge)?
 

Sure. The problem here is that some packages may be irrelevant for some, but very important for others.

So the thread as a whole doesn't really have a point. Other than just an experiment of what packages can be removed (whether you need them or not) without bricking the N900 :)

The point is cleaning up obsolete debris from ancient Maemo versions, even though it's completely non-functional. I for one like to have a clean system (as clean as I can).

But discussion about non-packages (init scripts) could maybe fit better in the boot process thread.

Re: What packages are safe to remove (purge)?
 

Not from rcS.d, from event.d. But point taken, now back to the topic. I have successfully removed osso-notes with all its l10n dependencies. Works fine, just make sure you have an alternative text editor installed. In my case leafpad.

I did not save much space BTW. Osso-notes plus with all its l10n ballast is about the same size as leafpad. But at least it is only one package, taking up one line in FAM etc.

Re: What packages are safe to remove (purge)?
 

You could probably ditch osso-sketch and osso-rss as well. They both suck too.

Although I actually quite like osso-notes. I like the way it autosaves everything. I is just a shame it does not have a tabbed interface and the ability to paste images into the notes.

Re: What packages are safe to remove (purge)?
 

PITA to read and edit files on another device too, due to it saving everything in HTML.

Re: What packages are safe to remove (purge)?
 

Yeah, I've forgotten about those. Yes, ditched them a while ago. Notes was a close call, but leafpad narrowly won.

I liked the fact that pulling the stylus across the screen highlighted text, like a mouse does on a desktop PC. Leafpad scrolls the text instead. But I did not like that you could not have two instances open simultaneously. That was its downfall for me.

Re: What packages are safe to remove (purge)?
 

The biggest file I'd like to get rid of is the locale cache and unused locale data from rootfs. I only use one language so would love to blow away/rebuild this 22.8MB file (safely). I've got about 50MB freee on rootfs, so it's not currently a burning issue, and I haven't seen any process that looks foolproof on the n900 like there was on the n810 (the localepurge script).

Re: What packages are safe to remove (purge)?
 

With Notes, go into options and set it to "Plain Text".

Re: What packages are safe to remove (purge)?
 

(as root)
# apt-get install locales

then create /etc/locale.gen, the contents of the file should look something like:
en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8

then run:
# locale-gen

you /usr/lib/locale/locale-archive should be much smaller than before.

if that's OK, you can stop there. If you want more, you can remove lots of things from /usr/share/locale, *BUT BE CAREFUL* some languages "depend" on others, so leave it for now until this is well documented.

(e.g.
en_US requires iso14651_t1 and en_GB)
de_DE requires i18n, iso14651_t1

also translit_cjk_compat for some reason)

Re: What packages are safe to remove (purge)?
 

Alternatively you could just copy /usr/lib/locale to /opt and symlink it back.