Fedora bloat begone!

I just spent the last 45 minutes trimming the fat from a default fedora install! Forty-five minutes!!! Well I think it’s a default installation… I didn’t install the image, but one thing is for sure — this image is full of desktop crap.

Apr 17 10:42:55 Erased: rss-glx
Apr 17 10:42:57 Erased: rss-glx-gnome-screensaver
Apr 17 10:43:03 Erased: lohit-fonts-oriya
Apr 17 10:43:06 Erased: lohit-fonts-telugu
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Apr 17 10:43:15 Erased: lohit-fonts-tamil
Apr 17 10:43:18 Erased: lohit-fonts-bengali
Apr 17 10:43:20 Erased: lohit-fonts-hindi
Apr 17 10:44:07 Erased: neverball
Apr 17 10:44:26 Erased: reiserfs-utils
Apr 17 10:44:55 Erased: pirut
Apr 17 10:45:02 Erased: pykickstart
Apr 17 10:46:14 Erased: hpijs
Apr 17 10:46:14 Erased: sane-backends
Apr 17 10:46:16 Erased: lm_sensors
Apr 17 10:46:18 Erased: hplip
Apr 17 10:46:20 Erased: net-snmp-libs
Apr 17 10:46:21 Erased: gkrellm
Apr 17 10:46:23 Erased: sane-backends-libs
Apr 17 10:46:24 Erased: libsane-hpaio
Apr 17 10:46:48 Erased: bzflag
Apr 17 10:46:57 Erased: rhgb
Apr 17 10:47:23 Erased: nvidia-driver-installer
Apr 17 10:48:26 Erased: compiz
Apr 17 10:49:05 Erased: compiz-gnome
Apr 17 10:49:07 Erased: comps-extras
Apr 17 10:49:42 Erased: vino
Apr 17 10:49:47 Erased: nspluginwrapper
Apr 17 10:50:06 Erased: pulseaudio-esound-compat
Apr 17 10:50:34 Erased: libflashsupport
Apr 17 10:50:49 Erased: alsamixergui
Apr 17 10:51:04 Erased: libbtctl
Apr 17 10:51:04 Erased: gnome-bluetooth-libs
Apr 17 10:51:05 Erased: gnokii
Apr 17 10:51:06 Erased: gnome-vfs2-obexftp
Apr 17 10:51:06 Erased: bluez-utils-cups
Apr 17 10:51:09 Erased: bluez-gnome
Apr 17 10:51:15 Erased: gnome-phone-manager
Apr 17 10:51:17 Erased: bluez-libs
Apr 17 10:52:03 Erased: emacs-common
Apr 17 10:52:04 Erased: emacs-nox
Apr 17 10:52:26 Erased: f-spot
Apr 17 10:52:49 Erased: fedora-screensaver-theme
Apr 17 10:52:50 Erased: fedorainfinity-screensaver-theme
Apr 17 10:52:53 Erased: gnome-screensaver
Apr 17 10:53:33 Erased: gnome-session
Apr 17 10:53:38 Erased: gnome-media
Apr 17 10:53:43 Erased: nautilus-cd-burner
Apr 17 10:53:51 Erased: gnome-volume-manager
Apr 17 10:54:07 Erased: gnome-applets
Apr 17 10:54:10 Erased: pgadmin3
Apr 17 10:54:16 Erased: control-center
Apr 17 10:54:19 Erased: gstreamer-tools
Apr 17 10:54:22 Erased: gstreamer-plugins-good
Apr 17 10:54:27 Erased: gstreamer
Apr 17 10:54:28 Erased: wxGTK
Apr 17 10:54:32 Erased: gnome-power-manager
Apr 17 10:54:35 Erased: gstreamer-plugins-base
Apr 17 10:55:19 Erased: eog
Apr 17 10:56:11 Erased: tetex
Apr 17 10:56:15 Erased: tetex-latex
Apr 17 10:56:17 Erased: sazanami-fonts-gothic
Apr 17 10:56:19 Erased: jomolhari-fonts
Apr 17 10:56:21 Erased: paktype-fonts
Apr 17 10:56:25 Erased: tetex-fonts
Apr 17 10:56:26 Erased: baekmuk-ttf-fonts-gulim
Apr 17 10:56:28 Erased: baekmuk-ttf-fonts-common
Apr 17 10:56:29 Erased: tetex-dvips
Apr 17 10:56:30 Erased: texinfo-tex
Apr 17 10:56:30 Erased: a2ps
Apr 17 10:57:14 Erased: cjkunifonts-uming
Apr 17 10:57:16 Erased: kacst-fonts
Apr 17 10:57:49 Erased: galculator
Apr 17 10:58:05 Erased: opengl-games-utils
Apr 17 10:58:38 Erased: pulseaudio-module-x11
Apr 17 10:58:39 Erased: pulseaudio
Apr 17 10:58:40 Erased: pulseaudio-module-gconf
Apr 17 10:59:37 Erased: gnome-doc-utils
Apr 17 10:59:38 Erased: gnome-desktop-devel
Apr 17 10:59:49 Erased: yelp
Apr 17 10:59:51 Erased: gnome-doc-utils-stylesheets
Apr 17 11:00:49 Erased: gimp
Apr 17 11:00:50 Erased: gimp-libs
Apr 17 11:00:51 Erased: gnome-backgrounds
Apr 17 11:00:52 Erased: doxygen
Apr 17 11:00:56 Erased: gimp-help
Apr 17 11:01:02 Erased: gimp-help
Apr 17 11:01:32 Erased: bug-buddy
Apr 17 11:01:41 Erased: gnome-pilot
Apr 17 11:01:43 Erased: gnome-pilot-devel
Apr 17 11:02:25 Erased: gphoto2
Apr 17 11:02:29 Erased: gthumb
Apr 17 11:02:31 Erased: gnome-audio
Apr 17 11:03:01 Erased: httpd-tools
Apr 17 11:03:01 Erased: httpd
Apr 17 11:03:05 Erased: gnome-user-share
Apr 17 11:03:12 Erased: gutenprint
Apr 17 11:03:13 Erased: gutenprint-foomatic
Apr 17 11:04:17 Erased: gparted
Apr 17 11:04:18 Erased: openvpn
Apr 17 11:04:19 Erased: NetworkManager-openvpn
Apr 17 11:04:20 Erased: parted
Apr 17 11:04:21 Erased: nash
Apr 17 11:04:22 Erased: mkinitrd
Apr 17 11:07:59 Erased: gnome-sharp
Apr 17 11:08:37 Erased: gtweakui
Apr 17 11:09:05 Erased: libXScrnSaver
Apr 17 11:09:06 Erased: libXScrnSaver-devel
Apr 17 11:10:30 Erased: libgnomeprintui22
Apr 17 11:10:34 Erased: gnome-utils
Apr 17 11:10:39 Erased: libgnomeprintui22-devel
Apr 17 11:10:43 Erased: gedit
Apr 17 11:10:47 Erased: libgnomeprint22-devel
Apr 17 11:10:48 Erased: libgnomeprint22
Apr 17 11:11:00 Erased: libtheora
Apr 17 11:11:00 Erased: libvorbis-devel
Apr 17 11:11:01 Erased: libogg
Apr 17 11:11:02 Erased: libogg-devel
Apr 17 11:11:03 Erased: libvorbis
Apr 17 11:13:09 Erased: gpm-devel
Apr 17 11:13:28 Erased: pilot-link-devel
Apr 17 11:13:28 Erased: pilot-link
Apr 17 11:13:51 Erased: pcmciautils
Apr 17 11:14:26 Erased: vnc-server
Apr 17 11:14:32 Erased: vnc-libs
Apr 17 11:14:32 Erased: vnc
Apr 17 11:25:01 Erased: openobex
Apr 17 11:25:21 Erased: vsftpd
Apr 17 11:25:42 Erased: srecord
Apr 17 11:25:59 Erased: xorg-x11-drivers
Apr 17 11:26:00 Erased: synaptics
Apr 17 11:26:18 Erased: samba
Apr 17 11:26:24 Erased: samba-common
Apr 17 11:26:25 Erased: samba-client
Apr 17 11:27:05 Erased: redhat-lsb
Apr 17 11:27:07 Erased: cups
Apr 17 11:27:12 Erased: paps
Apr 17 11:27:12 Erased: libgnomecups
Apr 17 11:27:18 Erased: ntfs-3g
Apr 17 11:27:18 Erased: ntfsprogs
Apr 17 11:28:21 Erased: file-roller
Apr 17 11:28:30 Erased: policycoreutils-gui
Apr 17 11:29:54 Erased: alsa-utils
Apr 17 11:30:09 Erased: gnome-panel-devel
Apr 17 11:30:10 Erased: gnome-libs-devel
Apr 17 11:30:11 Erased: alsa-lib-devel
Apr 17 11:30:12 Erased: libgnomeuimm26-devel
Apr 17 11:30:13 Erased: libgnome-devel
Apr 17 11:30:14 Erased: libgnomemm26-devel
Apr 17 11:30:14 Erased: libbonoboui-devel
Apr 17 11:30:15 Erased: esound-devel
Apr 17 11:30:15 Erased: libgnomeui-devel
Apr 17 11:30:17 Erased: SDL-devel
Apr 17 11:30:27 Erased: curl-devel
Apr 17 11:30:44 Erased: iwl4965-firmware
Apr 17 11:31:00 Erased: paps-libs

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Apr 17 10:42:55 Erased: rss-glx

Apr 17 10:42:57 Erased: rss-glx-gnome-screensaver

Apr 17 10:43:03 Erased: lohit-fonts-oriya

Apr 17 10:43:06 Erased: lohit-fonts-telugu

Apr 17 10:43:08 Erased: lohit-fonts-gujarati

Apr 17 10:43:11 Erased: lohit-fonts-kannada

Apr 17 10:43:13 Erased: lohit-fonts-punjabi

Apr 17 10:43:15 Erased: lohit-fonts-tamil

Apr 17 10:43:18 Erased: lohit-fonts-bengali

Apr 17 10:43:20 Erased: lohit-fonts-hindi

Apr 17 10:44:07 Erased: neverball

Apr 17 10:44:26 Erased: reiserfs-utils

Apr 17 10:44:55 Erased: pirut

Apr 17 10:45:02 Erased: pykickstart

Apr 17 10:46:14 Erased: hpijs

Apr 17 10:46:14 Erased: sane-backends

Apr 17 10:46:16 Erased: lm_sensors

Apr 17 10:46:18 Erased: hplip

Apr 17 10:46:20 Erased: net-snmp-libs

Apr 17 10:46:21 Erased: gkrellm

Apr 17 10:46:23 Erased: sane-backends-libs

Apr 17 10:46:24 Erased: libsane-hpaio

Apr 17 10:46:48 Erased: bzflag

Apr 17 10:46:57 Erased: rhgb

Apr 17 10:47:23 Erased: nvidia-driver-installer

Apr 17 10:48:26 Erased: compiz

Apr 17 10:49:05 Erased: compiz-gnome

Apr 17 10:49:07 Erased: comps-extras

Apr 17 10:49:42 Erased: vino

Apr 17 10:49:47 Erased: nspluginwrapper

Apr 17 10:50:06 Erased: pulseaudio-esound-compat

Apr 17 10:50:34 Erased: libflashsupport

Apr 17 10:50:49 Erased: alsamixergui

Apr 17 10:51:04 Erased: libbtctl

Apr 17 10:51:04 Erased: gnome-bluetooth-libs

Apr 17 10:51:05 Erased: gnokii

Apr 17 10:51:06 Erased: gnome-vfs2-obexftp

Apr 17 10:51:06 Erased: bluez-utils-cups

Apr 17 10:51:09 Erased: bluez-gnome

Apr 17 10:51:15 Erased: gnome-phone-manager

Apr 17 10:51:17 Erased: bluez-libs

Apr 17 10:52:03 Erased: emacs-common

Apr 17 10:52:04 Erased: emacs-nox

Apr 17 10:52:26 Erased: f-spot

Apr 17 10:52:49 Erased: fedora-screensaver-theme

Apr 17 10:52:50 Erased: fedorainfinity-screensaver-theme

Apr 17 10:52:53 Erased: gnome-screensaver

Apr 17 10:53:33 Erased: gnome-session

Apr 17 10:53:38 Erased: gnome-media

Apr 17 10:53:43 Erased: nautilus-cd-burner

Apr 17 10:53:51 Erased: gnome-volume-manager

Apr 17 10:54:07 Erased: gnome-applets

Apr 17 10:54:10 Erased: pgadmin3

Apr 17 10:54:16 Erased: control-center

Apr 17 10:54:19 Erased: gstreamer-tools

Apr 17 10:54:22 Erased: gstreamer-plugins-good

Apr 17 10:54:27 Erased: gstreamer

Apr 17 10:54:28 Erased: wxGTK

Apr 17 10:54:32 Erased: gnome-power-manager

Apr 17 10:54:35 Erased: gstreamer-plugins-base

Apr 17 10:55:19 Erased: eog

Apr 17 10:56:11 Erased: tetex

Apr 17 10:56:15 Erased: tetex-latex

Apr 17 10:56:17 Erased: sazanami-fonts-gothic

Apr 17 10:56:19 Erased: jomolhari-fonts

Apr 17 10:56:21 Erased: paktype-fonts

Apr 17 10:56:25 Erased: tetex-fonts

Apr 17 10:56:26 Erased: baekmuk-ttf-fonts-gulim

Apr 17 10:56:28 Erased: baekmuk-ttf-fonts-common

Apr 17 10:56:29 Erased: tetex-dvips

Apr 17 10:56:30 Erased: texinfo-tex

Apr 17 10:56:30 Erased: a2ps

Apr 17 10:57:14 Erased: cjkunifonts-uming

Apr 17 10:57:16 Erased: kacst-fonts

Apr 17 10:57:49 Erased: galculator

Apr 17 10:58:05 Erased: opengl-games-utils

Apr 17 10:58:38 Erased: pulseaudio-module-x11

Apr 17 10:58:39 Erased: pulseaudio

Apr 17 10:58:40 Erased: pulseaudio-module-gconf

Apr 17 10:59:37 Erased: gnome-doc-utils

Apr 17 10:59:38 Erased: gnome-desktop-devel

Apr 17 10:59:49 Erased: yelp

Apr 17 10:59:51 Erased: gnome-doc-utils-stylesheets

Apr 17 11:00:49 Erased: gimp

Apr 17 11:00:50 Erased: gimp-libs

Apr 17 11:00:51 Erased: gnome-backgrounds

Apr 17 11:00:52 Erased: doxygen

Apr 17 11:00:56 Erased: gimp-help

Apr 17 11:01:02 Erased: gimp-help

Apr 17 11:01:32 Erased: bug-buddy

Apr 17 11:01:41 Erased: gnome-pilot

Apr 17 11:01:43 Erased: gnome-pilot-devel

Apr 17 11:02:25 Erased: gphoto2

Apr 17 11:02:29 Erased: gthumb

Apr 17 11:02:31 Erased: gnome-audio

Apr 17 11:03:01 Erased: httpd-tools

Apr 17 11:03:01 Erased: httpd

Apr 17 11:03:05 Erased: gnome-user-share

Apr 17 11:03:12 Erased: gutenprint

Apr 17 11:03:13 Erased: gutenprint-foomatic

Apr 17 11:04:17 Erased: gparted

Apr 17 11:04:18 Erased: openvpn

Apr 17 11:04:19 Erased: NetworkManager-openvpn

Apr 17 11:04:20 Erased: parted

Apr 17 11:04:21 Erased: nash

Apr 17 11:04:22 Erased: mkinitrd

Apr 17 11:07:59 Erased: gnome-sharp

Apr 17 11:08:37 Erased: gtweakui

Apr 17 11:09:05 Erased: libXScrnSaver

Apr 17 11:09:06 Erased: libXScrnSaver-devel

Apr 17 11:10:30 Erased: libgnomeprintui22

Apr 17 11:10:34 Erased: gnome-utils

Apr 17 11:10:39 Erased: libgnomeprintui22-devel

Apr 17 11:10:43 Erased: gedit

Apr 17 11:10:47 Erased: libgnomeprint22-devel

Apr 17 11:10:48 Erased: libgnomeprint22

Apr 17 11:11:00 Erased: libtheora

Apr 17 11:11:00 Erased: libvorbis-devel

Apr 17 11:11:01 Erased: libogg

Apr 17 11:11:02 Erased: libogg-devel

Apr 17 11:11:03 Erased: libvorbis

Apr 17 11:13:09 Erased: gpm-devel

Apr 17 11:13:28 Erased: pilot-link-devel

Apr 17 11:13:28 Erased: pilot-link

Apr 17 11:13:51 Erased: pcmciautils

Apr 17 11:14:26 Erased: vnc-server

Apr 17 11:14:32 Erased: vnc-libs

Apr 17 11:14:32 Erased: vnc

Apr 17 11:25:01 Erased: openobex

Apr 17 11:25:21 Erased: vsftpd

Apr 17 11:25:42 Erased: srecord

Apr 17 11:25:59 Erased: xorg-x11-drivers

Apr 17 11:26:00 Erased: synaptics

Apr 17 11:26:18 Erased: samba

Apr 17 11:26:24 Erased: samba-common

Apr 17 11:26:25 Erased: samba-client

Apr 17 11:27:05 Erased: redhat-lsb

Apr 17 11:27:07 Erased: cups

Apr 17 11:27:12 Erased: paps

Apr 17 11:27:12 Erased: libgnomecups

Apr 17 11:27:18 Erased: ntfs-3g

Apr 17 11:27:18 Erased: ntfsprogs

Apr 17 11:28:21 Erased: file-roller

Apr 17 11:28:30 Erased: policycoreutils-gui

Apr 17 11:29:54 Erased: alsa-utils

Apr 17 11:30:09 Erased: gnome-panel-devel

Apr 17 11:30:10 Erased: gnome-libs-devel

Apr 17 11:30:11 Erased: alsa-lib-devel

Apr 17 11:30:12 Erased: libgnomeuimm26-devel

Apr 17 11:30:13 Erased: libgnome-devel

Apr 17 11:30:14 Erased: libgnomemm26-devel

Apr 17 11:30:14 Erased: libbonoboui-devel

Apr 17 11:30:15 Erased: esound-devel

Apr 17 11:30:15 Erased: libgnomeui-devel

Apr 17 11:30:17 Erased: SDL-devel

Apr 17 11:30:27 Erased: curl-devel

Apr 17 11:30:44 Erased: iwl4965-firmware

Apr 17 11:31:00 Erased: paps-libs

Ok, it’s not all junk, but I didn’t need any of this stuff for this server.

Can anyone think of any other audio related packages I can get rid of? I don’t need audio, cd burning, flashy 3d graphics, printing, image or video playback/record capabilities on this machine at all.