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Uninstall Gnome and Office

Written by Mel Kham on . Posted in Frequently Asked Questions

Question :   If you have a server there is no need of the GUI interface, is there?

 Answer : A good linux admin will never need it. So I am removing it, here are the commands:


Remove GUI (Gnome)
# apt-get remove gnome*
# apt-get remove *xorg*
# apt-get remove mplayer*

And to remove Office.
# apt-get remove openoffice.org
If it is a server and you dont mind the extra junk space, at least disable from startup
Remove GUI from boot up ( Free up memory):
# update-rc.d -f gdm remove
To start GUI:
# startx
To have it GUI startup again:
# /usr/sbin/update-rc.d gdm defaultsThe main reason one would uninstall gnome , is to free space on the disk.
It will free up about 600 MB.
To troubleshoot space problems you can use these commands:

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Mel Kham

Founder of Unixmen, Living in Amsterdam. Am working in my free time to help people to understand the Opensource and to explain them in easy way how to make the fist steps to the the light. Working day and night with my Co-founder Zinovsky to keep this website live even with less resources.

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jacky can

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You can actually unzip your secret archive by leaving out the -t option, instead using:

unzip newPhoto.jpg

DragonFartOutLoud

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it went to china.

DragonFartOutLoud

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great review! i’ve been using it as my main OS since Beta 1 release. its been a awesome ride so far :)

jet li

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i try the method, and i unzip the image contain zip secret, i dont find the file that i was hide, where it go? and how to open it? :s

zinovsky

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Yes, it is possible using Steganography, we will post another quick howto do that in the next few days

 
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