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Originally Posted by reinob View Post
I'm going through a list of all packages in my N900 and marking the ones I would like to remove (particularly all l10n packages for language/country combinations that I will never need), but I'm still in the "preparation phase" (just editing my list on the computer).
Any progress on removing the l10n packages, reinob?

Just thought I'd mention that I finally took the plunge and removed modest-home-applet which "autoremoved" a bunch of other things. I was a bit uncertain about some of them, but I went what the heck, off with them. The one I resisted for longest was rtcom-accounts-voip-support but I removed that one as well and haven't regretted. 3 days on and one reboot and everything (that I use) still works.

Other packages that went were:
  • osso-applet-languageregional
    This took with it the Language & Regional option in System/Settings. Acceptable if you've set your regional settings and do not ever intend to change them.
  • rtcom-messaging-ui-portrait
    This I believe was a side effect of removing modest-home-applet. From the name I assume it is used for reading SMS in portrait but as I never used that feature, I have not noticed any difference.
  • sharing-rtcom and pretty much everything with rtcom and/or sharing in the name combined with one of ovi, jabber, sip, gtalk, nokiachat, facebook... basically everything that I do not use.
    It seems kind of obvious what will be lost if you remove one of these. Good riddance as far as I am concerned.
  • Anything with gprs in the name. I know, I know, but I took the conscious choice to get rid of it. I use a pay-as-you-go SIM card and never ever use it for data (too expensive: I once blew £15 just by running apt-get update) and the mobile internet option from my service provider bothered me. Removing GPRS made that option (in internet connections) disappear.

I am sure there is more as I remove things from time to time but do not always keep the log. Perhaps I should get a full list of what is installed by default and compare it with my list

Last edited by pichlo; 2013-05-12 at 01:08. Reason: typo
 

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