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#81
ok; the theme removal project is complete. I picked up just under 3 mb from that. I am now down to 197 mb of used space so we are making headway.
fyi: I went ahead and uninstalled Fennec this morning which was around 30 mb alone.

I am poking around working on using terminal commands to get familiar with the structure.

gerbick: how about tackling some of those language files of apps that I obviously wont use. Didn't you say somewhere that one of those help file folders had about 10 mb of readme and such?

thanks again guys...
 
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Forgive me if I'm overlooking your question in any way; but I'm not sure what you mean in your question. Do you mean language files past the prior post where I stated:

cd /usr/share/common-licenses
rm *

cd /usr/share/doc
rm *

cd /usr/share/gtk-doc
rm * -r

cd /usr/share/info
rm *

cd /usr/share/keyboards

note: I remove all but: en_US.vkb, latin.special.vkb and en_GB.vkb

cd /usr/share/locale/

note: I remove all but: en@boldquot, en_CA, en_GB, en@quot, and en_US

cd /usr/share/osso-help

note: I remove all but: en_US, en_GB and graphics here
Where the language files are all located in the /usr/share/locale location and you'll delete all but the en@boldquot, en_CA, en_GB, en@quot, and en_US folders.

Just making sure before I mess up on giving an answer that might be wrong or not what you're asking. Hope you understand; I'd rather err on the side of caution.
 
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#83
Originally Posted by coosbaytv View Post

I am poking around working on using terminal commands to get familiar with the structure.
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Ah, so now you can install Putty and basically have a window of your tablet on your pc where you run terminal commands. It's great fun and very convenient if you are doing stuff in there for a long period of time
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My Twenty Favorite OS2008 Applications:
AutoScan, Diablo5 Theme, Dialcentral, DragLock, EmelFM2, FlipClock, gPodder, Headphoned, Knots 2, Maemo Mapper, mPlayer, openNTPD, OpenSSH, Panucci, Personal Launcher, QuickNote, Seqretary, SlideLock, Telescope, YellowNotes
 
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#84
Installed the approx 35 apps that I consider 'essential' to how I use the tablet.
With all repos active I am at 80Mb free which is actually very good for me. I'll do some of the cleanup steps gerbick suggested here and after that, for me, a full re-install then finishes with;
- replacing the Nokia pedo-start up image,
- changing some microB settings like cache size, etc, and
- disabling meta-crawler(once I've tracked down the command for that - again ).

Is it wrong that cleaning up your device is actually kinda fun...?
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.N810 experience: Since 6/2009
My Twenty Favorite OS2008 Applications:
AutoScan, Diablo5 Theme, Dialcentral, DragLock, EmelFM2, FlipClock, gPodder, Headphoned, Knots 2, Maemo Mapper, mPlayer, openNTPD, OpenSSH, Panucci, Personal Launcher, QuickNote, Seqretary, SlideLock, Telescope, YellowNotes

Last edited by silvermountain; 2010-05-15 at 21:46.
 
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#85
update-rc.d metalayer-crawler remove

That will remove the metalayer-crawler from starting up. That's the proper method. Per each update on the Community SSU though, I had to run that.

Here's a killer thread about optimizing the kernel and Microb

A lot of those tweaks, I also run. Those are the things I've not folded into my guide.
 
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#86
Originally Posted by gerbick View Post
update-rc.d metalayer-crawler remove

That will remove the metalayer-crawler from starting up. That's the proper method. Per each update on the Community SSU though, I had to run that.

Here's a killer thread about optimizing the kernel and Microb

A lot of those tweaks, I also run. Those are the things I've not folded into my guide.
Thanks for the metalayer command. I QuickClipped it into my "N810 Tricks" document for future use and safekeeping.

I've seen Brontide's post in the past and I believe that's where I got some of my microB tweaks from (like the cache increase). It's good read though even though I comprehend 10% of it all on a good day.
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My Twenty Favorite OS2008 Applications:
AutoScan, Diablo5 Theme, Dialcentral, DragLock, EmelFM2, FlipClock, gPodder, Headphoned, Knots 2, Maemo Mapper, mPlayer, openNTPD, OpenSSH, Panucci, Personal Launcher, QuickNote, Seqretary, SlideLock, Telescope, YellowNotes
 
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#87
cd /usr/share/osso-help

note: I remove all but: en_US, en_GB and graphics here


Any idea how much memory I will gain back on removing all but the above on these?

I guess I am wanting to start where I can get the most space back first...

thx

Also, is there a command (or group of commands) that can do a batch remove with exceptions? IE; all but the US English and British files...
 
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#88
Also, what is up with the possibility of removing the game files and such that ship with the device?

Any possibility of removing the default PDF viewer or other default apps that I have replaced with 3rd party versions?

THANKS AGAIN GUYS!!!!

REALLY APPRECIATE THE HELP.
 
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The game files are very small. The osso-help files, that's about 1-1.5mb or so IIRC. All of the README files are about 100k total combined space recovered.

The themes, backgrounds, disabling Extras-Devel is about 9-11mb in total.
 
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#90
just removed extras catalogs and now down to 186 mb used...

I am going to install minefield browser to compare with microb (which I don't use at all).

If I like and keep minefield, is there any way to remove microb?
 
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