>noticed gnome-terminal.real .perl gnome-terminal in htop
>look at a huge wrapper script
>get rid of gnome-terminal stuff and anything that had a corresponding ppid
>apt autoremove
>im in tty installing xfce
>remove gvfsd gdm3 ubuntu-desktop nautilus ubuntu-setting all that removed everything

other than qt scaling pissing me off xfce is nice looking and uses gtk with dark mod and i still get apt repositories. starts with light dm now and all around i think its pretty clean took a while to configure but i can move around faster in xfce4 when you click a task open on panel it opens click it again it closes
>onebraincell.jpeg

what would you guys recommend disable or delete next? how much bloat can i get rid of? how much can i change before its not ubuntu anymore? or rather, what linux distro would you guys recommend wand exactly why you use it?

i really like apt repositories. the software is always in there soo you can really utilize the apt search with grep and actually get software in under a minute, no package manager needed.
why must i change everything about the system am i just becoming an arch user?

i might ask you guys to redpill me on a new system because im still a bit of a noob ngl.

lookin good

>>105899065 (OP)
>what would you guys recommend disable or delete next?
>how much can i change before its not ubuntu anymore?
Get rid of ubuntu

>how much bloat can i get rid of?
Lots

what linux distro would you guys recommend wand exactly why you use it?
Use pure debian, preferably the systemd free debian fork devuan. Remember to always use the flag --no-install-recommends when installing by apt otherwise you will drag in unneeded packages, this is the best way to minimize the installation too.
I use devuan because i dont need the amount cruft and garbage that come with the likes ubuntu/suse/fedora etc. I can have a fully working system under 800 packages, a lot has to do with level of experience as well, over time ive gone from fedora to many others and now i remain on devuan and use mainly text based terminal programs to rid the cruft, most gui's are overbuilt to be clicky pointy for normies and beginners.

https://www.devuan.org/

>>105899548
>I use devuan because i dont need the amount cruft and garbage that come with the likes ubuntu/suse/fedora etc. I can have a fully working system under 800 packages, a lot has to do with level of experience as well, over time ive gone from fedora to many others and now i remain on devuan and use mainly text based terminal programs to rid the cruft, most gui's are overbuilt to be clicky pointy for normies and beginners.

BET! i already had my eye on debiannetinstall the other day. this could be perfect without system d and keep apt.

>>105899065 (OP)
>Kitty terminal in mouse DE
Blasphemy.

>>105899065 (OP)
>linux power users

>>105899548
>--no-install-recommends
the mx guys have that disabled by default.
I assume there's a way to configure apt or dpkg to not install recommended packages by default instead of always using the flag on each install.