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What can I delete to save space?

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I have a full Debian 11 installation on USB. Then I used this link below to give the ability to run Debian fully in ram:
https://gist.github.com/avinash-oza/979 ... 6fbf21bd9c

What can I uninstall/delete to save more memory?

Current stats:

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Filesystem      Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
udev            1.9G     0  1.9G   0% /dev
tmpfs           381M  5.6M  375M   2% /run
none            3.8G  2.4G  1.4G  65% /
tmpfs           1.9G     0  1.9G   0% /dev/shm
tmpfs           5.0M  4.0K  5.0M   1% /run/lock
tmpfs           1.0G  4.0K  1.0G   1% /tmp
tmpfs           381M     0  381M   0% /run/user/1000

As you can see, the operating system takes about 2.4G of ram, leaving me with 1.4G. So, the more the system is stripped, the more memory I have for running in ram.

Here is what I have installed:

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acpi/unstable,stable,now 1.7-1.1 amd64 [installed]
adduser/unstable,stable,now 3.118 all [installed]
adwaita-icon-theme/unstable,now 41.0-1 all [installed,automatic]
alsa-utils/stable,now 1.2.4-1 amd64 [installed]
apt-listchanges/unstable,stable,now 3.24 all [installed]
apt-utils/stable,now 2.2.4 amd64 [installed]
apt/stable,now 2.2.4 amd64 [installed]
base-files/stable,now 11.1+deb11u1 amd64 [installed]
base-passwd/stable,now 3.5.51 amd64 [installed]
bash-completion/stable,now 1:2.11-2 all [installed]
bash/stable,now 5.1-2+b3 amd64 [installed]
bind9-dnsutils/stable-security,now 1:9.16.22-1~deb11u1 amd64 [installed]
bind9-host/stable-security,now 1:9.16.22-1~deb11u1 amd64 [installed]
bind9-libs/stable-security,now 1:9.16.22-1~deb11u1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
bsdextrautils/stable,now 2.36.1-8 amd64 [installed,automatic]
bsdutils/stable,now 1:2.36.1-8 amd64 [installed]
bzip2/unstable,stable,now 1.0.8-4 amd64 [installed]
ca-certificates/stable,now 20210119 all [installed]
coreutils/stable,now 8.32-4+b1 amd64 [installed]
cpio/stable,now 2.13+dfsg-4 amd64 [installed]
dash/stable,now 0.5.11+git20200708+dd9ef66-5 amd64 [installed]
dbus-bin/unstable,now 1.12.20-3 amd64 [installed,automatic]
dbus-daemon/unstable,now 1.12.20-3 amd64 [installed,automatic]
dbus-session-bus-common/unstable,now 1.12.20-3 all [installed,automatic]
dbus-system-bus-common/unstable,now 1.12.20-3 all [installed,automatic]
dbus-user-session/unstable,now 1.12.20-3 amd64 [installed,automatic]
dbus/unstable,now 1.12.20-3 amd64 [installed]
dconf-gsettings-backend/unstable,now 0.40.0-2 amd64 [installed,automatic]
dconf-service/unstable,now 0.40.0-2 amd64 [installed,automatic]
debconf-i18n/stable,now 1.5.77 all [installed]
debconf/stable,now 1.5.77 all [installed]
debian-archive-keyring/unstable,stable,now 2021.1.1 all [installed]
debianutils/stable,now 4.11.2 amd64 [installed]
diffutils/unstable,stable,now 1:3.7-5 amd64 [installed]
discover-data/stable,now 2.2013.01.11+nmu1 all [installed,automatic]
discover/stable,now 2.1.2-8 amd64 [installed]
distro-info-data/stable,now 0.51 all [installed,automatic]
dmidecode/stable,now 3.3-2 amd64 [installed]
dmsetup/unstable,stable,now 2:1.02.175-2.1 amd64 [installed]
dpkg/unstable,stable,now 1.20.9 amd64 [installed]
e2fsprogs/stable,now 1.46.2-2 amd64 [installed]
ed/unstable,stable,now 1.17-1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
eject/stable,now 2.36.1-8 amd64 [installed]
fdisk/stable,now 2.36.1-8 amd64 [installed]
file/stable,now 1:5.39-3 amd64 [installed]
findutils/unstable,stable,now 4.8.0-1 amd64 [installed]
firefox/unstable,now 94.0.2-1 amd64 [installed]
firmware-amd-graphics/stable,now 20210315-3 all [installed,automatic]
firmware-iwlwifi/stable,now 20210315-3 all [installed]
firmware-linux-free/unstable,stable,now 20200122-1 all [installed,automatic]
firmware-linux-nonfree/stable,now 20210315-3 all [installed,automatic]
firmware-linux/stable,now 20210315-3 all [installed]
firmware-misc-nonfree/stable,now 20210315-3 all [installed,automatic]
fontconfig-config/unstable,stable,now 2.13.1-4.2 all [installed,automatic]
fontconfig/unstable,stable,now 2.13.1-4.2 amd64 [installed,automatic]
fonts-dejavu-core/unstable,stable,now 2.37-2 all [installed,automatic]
foot-terminfo/unstable,stable,now 1.6.4-1 all [installed,automatic]
foot/unstable,stable,now 1.6.4-1 amd64 [installed]
gcc-10-base/stable,now 10.2.1-6 amd64 [installed]
gcc-11-base/unstable,now 11.2.0-12 amd64 [installed,automatic]
gcc-9-base/stable,now 9.3.0-22 amd64 [installed]
gettext-base/unstable,stable,now 0.21-4 amd64 [installed]
gpgv/unstable,stable,now 2.2.27-2 amd64 [installed]
grep/stable,now 3.6-1 amd64 [installed]
groff-base/stable,now 1.22.4-6 amd64 [installed]
grub-common/stable,now 2.04-20 amd64 [installed]
grub-pc-bin/stable,now 2.04-20 amd64 [installed,automatic]
grub-pc/stable,now 2.04-20 amd64 [installed]
grub2-common/stable,now 2.04-20 amd64 [installed,automatic]
gtk-update-icon-cache/unstable,now 3.24.30-4 amd64 [installed,automatic]
gzip/unstable,stable,now 1.10-4 amd64 [installed]
hicolor-icon-theme/unstable,stable,now 0.17-2 all [installed,automatic]
hostname/unstable,stable,now 3.23 amd64 [installed]
i965-va-driver/unstable,stable,now 2.4.1+dfsg1-1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
ifupdown/stable,now 0.8.36 amd64 [installed]
init-system-helpers/unstable,stable,now 1.60 all [installed]
init/unstable,stable,now 1.60 amd64 [installed]
initramfs-tools-core/unstable,stable,now 0.140 all [installed,automatic]
initramfs-tools/unstable,stable,now 0.140 all [installed]
installation-report/unstable,stable,now 2.78 all [installed]
intel-media-va-driver/stable,now 21.1.1+dfsg1-1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
iproute2/stable,now 5.10.0-4 amd64 [installed]
iputils-ping/unstable,stable,now 3:20210202-1 amd64 [installed]
isc-dhcp-client/unstable,stable,now 4.4.1-2.3 amd64 [installed]
isc-dhcp-common/unstable,stable,now 4.4.1-2.3 amd64 [installed]
iso-codes/stable,now 4.6.0-1 all [installed,automatic]
iwd/stable,now 1.14-3 amd64 [installed]
kbd/unstable,stable,now 2.3.0-3 amd64 [installed,automatic]
klibc-utils/unstable,stable,now 2.0.8-6.1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
kmod/stable,now 28-1 amd64 [installed]
ksh/stable,now 2020.0.0+really93u+20120801-9 amd64 [installed]
laptop-detect/unstable,stable,now 0.16 all [installed]
less/unstable,stable,now 551-2 amd64 [installed]
libacl1/stable,now 2.2.53-10 amd64 [installed]
libaom0/stable,now 1.0.0.errata1-3 amd64 [installed,automatic]
libapparmor1/stable,now 2.13.6-10 amd64 [installed]
libapt-pkg6.0/stable,now 2.2.4 amd64 [installed]
libargon2-1/unstable,stable,now 0~20171227-0.2 amd64 [installed]
libaribb24-0/unstable,stable,now 1.0.3-2 amd64 [installed,automatic]
libasound2-data/stable,now 1.2.4-1.1 all [installed,automatic]
libasound2/stable,now 1.2.4-1.1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
libatk-bridge2.0-0/unstable,now 2.38.0-2 amd64 [installed,automatic]
libatk1.0-0/unstable,stable,now 2.36.0-2 amd64 [installed,automatic]
libatk1.0-data/unstable,stable,now 2.36.0-2 all [installed,automatic]
libatopology2/stable,now 1.2.4-1.1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
libatspi2.0-0/unstable,now 2.42.0-2 amd64 [installed,automatic]
libattr1/stable,now 1:2.4.48-6 amd64 [installed]
libaudit-common/stable,now 1:3.0-2 all [installed]
libaudit1/stable,now 1:3.0-2 amd64 [installed]
libavahi-client3/unstable,stable,now 0.8-5 amd64 [installed,automatic]
libavahi-common-data/unstable,stable,now 0.8-5 amd64 [installed,automatic]
libavahi-common3/unstable,stable,now 0.8-5 amd64 [installed,automatic]
libavcodec-extra58/stable-security,now 7:4.3.3-0+deb11u1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
libavcodec-extra/stable-security,now 7:4.3.3-0+deb11u1 amd64 [installed]
libavutil56/stable-security,now 7:4.3.3-0+deb11u1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
libblkid1/stable,now 2.36.1-8 amd64 [installed]
libbpf0/stable,now 1:0.3-2 amd64 [installed]
libbrotli1/stable,now 1.0.9-2+b2 amd64 [installed,automatic]
libbsd0/unstable,stable,now 0.11.3-1 amd64 [installed]
libbz2-1.0/unstable,stable,now 1.0.8-4 amd64 [installed]
libc-bin/unstable,now 2.32-4 amd64 [installed]
libc-l10n/unstable,now 2.32-4 all [installed,automatic]
libc6/unstable,now 2.32-4 amd64 [installed]
libcairo-gobject2/unstable,stable,now 1.16.0-5 amd64 [installed,automatic]
libcairo2/unstable,stable,now 1.16.0-5 amd64 [installed,automatic]
libcap-ng0/unstable,stable,now 0.7.9-2.2+b1 amd64 [installed]
libcap2-bin/unstable,stable,now 1:2.44-1 amd64 [installed]
libcap2/unstable,stable,now 1:2.44-1 amd64 [installed]
libcbor0/stable,now 0.5.0+dfsg-2 amd64 [installed,automatic]
libcodec2-0.9/unstable,stable,now 0.9.2-4 amd64 [installed,automatic]
libcolord2/unstable,stable,now 1.4.5-3 amd64 [installed,automatic]
libcom-err2/stable,now 1.46.2-2 amd64 [installed]
libcrypt1/stable,now 1:4.4.18-4 amd64 [installed]
libcryptsetup12/stable,now 2:2.3.5-1 amd64 [installed]
libcups2/unstable,now 2.3.3op2-7 amd64 [installed,automatic]
libcurl3-gnutls/stable,now 7.74.0-1.3+b1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
libdatrie1/stable,now 0.2.13-1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
libdav1d4/stable,now 0.7.1-3 amd64 [installed,automatic]
libdb5.3/unstable,stable,now 5.3.28+dfsg1-0.8 amd64 [installed]
libdbus-1-3/unstable,now 1.12.20-3 amd64 [installed,automatic]
libdbus-glib-1-2/unstable,now 0.112-2 amd64 [installed,automatic]
libdconf1/unstable,now 0.40.0-2 amd64 [installed,automatic]
libdebconfclient0/stable,now 0.260 amd64 [installed]
libdeflate0/stable,now 1.7-1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
libdevmapper1.02.1/unstable,stable,now 2:1.02.175-2.1 amd64 [installed]
libdiscover2/stable,now 2.1.2-8 amd64 [installed,automatic]
libdns-export1110/unstable,stable,now 1:9.11.19+dfsg-2.1 amd64 [installed]
libdrm-amdgpu1/stable,now 2.4.104-1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
libdrm-common/stable,now 2.4.104-1 all [installed,automatic]
libdrm-intel1/stable,now 2.4.104-1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
libdrm-nouveau2/stable,now 2.4.104-1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
libdrm-radeon1/stable,now 2.4.104-1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
libdrm2/stable,now 2.4.104-1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
libedit2/stable,now 3.1-20191231-2+b1 amd64 [installed]
libefiboot1/unstable,stable,now 37-6 amd64 [installed,automatic]
libefivar1/unstable,stable,now 37-6 amd64 [installed,automatic]
libegl-mesa0/stable,now 20.3.5-1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
libegl1/stable,now 1.3.2-1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
libelf1/stable,now 0.183-1 amd64 [installed]
libepoxy0/unstable,now 1.5.9-2 amd64 [installed,automatic]
libestr0/unstable,stable,now 0.1.10-2.1+b1 amd64 [installed]
libevdev2/stable,now 1.11.0+dfsg-1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
libevent-2.1-7/unstable,stable,now 2.1.12-stable-1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
libexpat1/stable,now 2.2.10-2 amd64 [installed,automatic]
libext2fs2/stable,now 1.46.2-2 amd64 [installed]
libfastjson4/unstable,stable,now 0.99.9-1 amd64 [installed]
libfcft3/unstable,stable,now 2.3.1-1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
libfdisk1/stable,now 2.36.1-8 amd64 [installed]
libffi7/unstable,stable,now 3.3-6 amd64 [installed]
libffi8/unstable,now 3.4.2-3 amd64 [installed,automatic]
libfftw3-single3/unstable,stable,now 3.3.8-2 amd64 [installed,automatic]
libfido2-1/stable,now 1.6.0-2 amd64 [installed,automatic]
libfontconfig1/unstable,stable,now 2.13.1-4.2 amd64 [installed,automatic]
libfreetype6/stable,now 2.10.4+dfsg-1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
libfribidi0/unstable,stable,now 1.0.8-2 amd64 [installed,automatic]
libfstrm0/unstable,stable,now 0.6.0-1+b1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
libfuse2/unstable,stable,now 2.9.9-5 amd64 [installed,automatic]
libgbm1/stable,now 20.3.5-1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
libgcc-s1/stable,now 10.2.1-6 amd64 [installed]
libgcrypt20/stable,now 1.8.7-6 amd64 [installed]
libgdbm-compat4/stable,now 1.19-2 amd64 [installed,automatic]
libgdbm6/stable,now 1.19-2 amd64 [installed,automatic]
libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-0/stable,now 2.42.2+dfsg-1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
libgdk-pixbuf-xlib-2.0-0/unstable,stable,now 2.40.2-2 amd64 [installed,automatic]
libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0/unstable,stable,now 2.40.2-2 amd64 [installed,automatic]
libgdk-pixbuf2.0-common/stable,now 2.42.2+dfsg-1 all [installed,automatic]
libgl1-mesa-dri/stable,now 20.3.5-1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
libgl1/stable,now 1.3.2-1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
libglapi-mesa/stable,now 20.3.5-1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
libgles2/stable,now 1.3.2-1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
libglib2.0-0/stable,now 2.66.8-1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
libglvnd0/stable,now 1.3.2-1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
libglx-mesa0/stable,now 20.3.5-1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
libglx0/stable,now 1.3.2-1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
libgmp10/stable,now 2:6.2.1+dfsg-1 amd64 [installed]
libgnutls30/unstable,now 3.7.2-2 amd64 [installed]
libgomp1/stable,now 10.2.1-6 amd64 [installed,automatic]
libgpg-error0/stable,now 1.38-2 amd64 [installed]
libgpm2/stable,now 1.20.7-8 amd64 [installed,automatic]
libgraphite2-3/unstable,stable,now 1.3.14-1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
libgsm1/unstable,stable,now 1.0.18-2 amd64 [installed,automatic]
libgssapi-krb5-2/stable,now 1.18.3-6+deb11u1 amd64 [installed]
libgtk-3-0/unstable,now 3.24.30-4 amd64 [installed,automatic]
libgtk-3-common/unstable,now 3.24.30-4 all [installed,automatic]
libgudev-1.0-0/stable,now 234-1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
libharfbuzz0b/unstable,stable,now 2.7.4-1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
libhogweed6/unstable,stable,now 3.7.3-1 amd64 [installed]
libicu67/unstable,stable,now 67.1-7 amd64 [installed,automatic]
libidn2-0/stable,now 2.3.0-5 amd64 [installed]
libigdgmm11/stable,now 20.4.1+ds1-1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
libinput-bin/stable,now 1.16.4-3 amd64 [installed,automatic]
libinput10/stable,now 1.16.4-3 amd64 [installed,automatic]
libip4tc2/unstable,stable,now 1.8.7-1 amd64 [installed]
libisc-export1105/unstable,stable,now 1:9.11.19+dfsg-2.1 amd64 [installed]
libjansson4/unstable,stable,now 2.13.1-1.1 amd64 [installed]
libjbig0/unstable,stable,now 2.1-3.1+b2 amd64 [installed,automatic]
libjpeg62-turbo/stable,now 1:2.0.6-4 amd64 [installed,automatic]
libjson-c5/unstable,stable,now 0.15-2 amd64 [installed]
libk5crypto3/stable,now 1.18.3-6+deb11u1 amd64 [installed]
libkeyutils1/unstable,stable,now 1.6.1-2 amd64 [installed]
libklibc/unstable,stable,now 2.0.8-6.1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
libkmod2/stable,now 28-1 amd64 [installed]
libkrb5-3/stable,now 1.18.3-6+deb11u1 amd64 [installed]
libkrb5support0/stable,now 1.18.3-6+deb11u1 amd64 [installed]
liblcms2-2/unstable,stable,now 2.12~rc1-2 amd64 [installed,automatic]
libldap-2.4-2/stable,now 2.4.57+dfsg-3 amd64 [installed,automatic]
libldap-common/stable,now 2.4.57+dfsg-3 all [installed,automatic]
libllvm11/stable,now 1:11.0.1-2 amd64 [installed,automatic]
liblmdb0/unstable,stable,now 0.9.24-1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
liblocale-gettext-perl/unstable,stable,now 1.07-4+b1 amd64 [installed]
liblockfile-bin/unstable,stable,now 1.17-1+b1 amd64 [installed]
liblognorm5/unstable,stable,now 2.0.5-1.1 amd64 [installed]
liblz4-1/unstable,stable,now 1.9.3-2 amd64 [installed]
liblzma5/unstable,stable,now 5.2.5-2 amd64 [installed]
libmagic-mgc/stable,now 1:5.39-3 amd64 [installed,automatic]
libmagic1/stable,now 1:5.39-3 amd64 [installed,automatic]
libmaxminddb0/unstable,stable,now 1.5.2-1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
libmd0/stable,now 1.0.3-3 amd64 [installed]
libmfx1/stable,now 21.1.0-1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
libmnl0/unstable,stable,now 1.0.4-3 amd64 [installed]
libmount1/stable,now 2.36.1-8 amd64 [installed]
libmp3lame0/unstable,stable,now 3.100-3 amd64 [installed,automatic]
libmpdec3/stable,now 2.5.1-1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
libmtdev1/unstable,stable,now 1.1.6-1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
libncurses6/stable,now 6.2+20201114-2 amd64 [installed]
libncursesw6/stable,now 6.2+20201114-2 amd64 [installed]
libnettle8/unstable,stable,now 3.7.3-1 amd64 [installed]
libnewt0.52/stable,now 0.52.21-4+b3 amd64 [installed]
libnftables1/stable,now 0.9.8-3.1 amd64 [installed]
libnftnl11/stable,now 1.1.9-1 amd64 [installed]
libnghttp2-14/unstable,stable,now 1.43.0-1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
libnsl2/unstable,stable,now 1.3.0-2 amd64 [installed]
libnspr4/unstable,now 2:4.32-3 amd64 [installed,automatic]
libnss-systemd/stable,now 247.3-6 amd64 [installed]
libnss3/unstable,now 2:3.73-1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
libnuma1/stable,now 2.0.12-1+b1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
libogg0/unstable,stable,now 1.3.4-0.1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
libopencore-amrnb0/unstable,stable,now 0.1.5-1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
libopencore-amrwb0/unstable,stable,now 0.1.5-1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
libopenjp2-7/unstable,stable,now 2.4.0-3 amd64 [installed,automatic]
libopus0/unstable,stable,now 1.3.1-0.1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
libp11-kit0/stable,now 0.23.22-1 amd64 [installed]
libpam-modules-bin/stable,now 1.4.0-9+deb11u1 amd64 [installed]
libpam-modules/stable,now 1.4.0-9+deb11u1 amd64 [installed]
libpam-runtime/stable,now 1.4.0-9+deb11u1 all [installed]
libpam-systemd/stable,now 247.3-6 amd64 [installed]
libpam0g/stable,now 1.4.0-9+deb11u1 amd64 [installed]
libpango-1.0-0/stable,now 1.46.2-3 amd64 [installed,automatic]
libpangocairo-1.0-0/stable,now 1.46.2-3 amd64 [installed,automatic]
libpangoft2-1.0-0/stable,now 1.46.2-3 amd64 [installed,automatic]
libpci3/stable,now 1:3.7.0-5 amd64 [installed,automatic]
libpciaccess0/unstable,stable,now 0.16-1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
libpcre2-8-0/stable,now 10.36-2 amd64 [installed]
libpcre3/unstable,stable,now 2:8.39-13 amd64 [installed]
libperl5.32/stable,now 5.32.1-4+deb11u2 amd64 [installed,automatic]
libpipeline1/stable,now 1.5.3-1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
libpixman-1-0/unstable,stable,now 0.40.0-1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
libpng16-16/unstable,stable,now 1.6.37-3 amd64 [installed,automatic]
libpolkit-agent-1-0/unstable,stable,now 0.105-31 amd64 [installed,automatic]
libpolkit-gobject-1-0/unstable,stable,now 0.105-31 amd64 [installed,automatic]
libpopt0/stable,now 1.18-2 amd64 [installed]
libprocps8/unstable,stable,now 2:3.3.17-5 amd64 [installed]
libprotobuf-c1/unstable,stable,now 1.3.3-1+b2 amd64 [installed,automatic]
libpsl5/unstable,stable,now 0.21.0-1.2 amd64 [installed,automatic]
libpython3-stdlib/stable,now 3.9.2-3 amd64 [installed,automatic]
libpython3.9-minimal/stable,now 3.9.2-1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
libpython3.9-stdlib/stable,now 3.9.2-1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
libreadline8/stable,now 8.1-1 amd64 [installed]
librsvg2-2/stable,now 2.50.3+dfsg-1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
librsvg2-common/stable,now 2.50.3+dfsg-1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
librtmp1/unstable,stable,now 2.4+20151223.gitfa8646d.1-2+b2 amd64 [installed,automatic]
libsamplerate0/stable,now 0.2.1+ds0-1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
libsasl2-2/stable,now 2.1.27+dfsg-2.1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
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The system is running on pure wayland. I want to keep firefox, sway (i3 wm in wayland), foot (wayland terminal), and mpv installed. All else can go. Don't need any Xorg stuff.

I was thinking that there must be some directories/files that could be deleted too.
Ideas?

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Re: What can I delete to save space?

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It's really as barebones as it gets. There's literally nothing on it except vim xD

Not sure if Xorg can even be removed at this point, since wayland expects at least a minimal xwayland. Or am I wrong there?
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canci wrote: 2021-12-05 19:52 It's really as barebones as it gets. There's literally nothing on it except vim xD
To remove vim would be to remove my soul.
Not sure if Xorg can even be removed at this point, since wayland expects at least a minimal xwayland. Or am I wrong there?
There is no xwayland on this system.

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bedtime wrote: 2021-12-05 20:33 To remove vim would be to remove my soul.
Same here :D
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bedtime wrote:
I have a full Debian 11 installation on USB.
....
What can I uninstall/delete to save more memory?
When I ran an OS in RAM to run a few small programs, eventually I needed more space which was solved by mounting a second usb. May not suit your case, but it worked.

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NorthEast wrote: 2021-12-07 00:34 bedtime wrote:
I have a full Debian 11 installation on USB.
....
What can I uninstall/delete to save more memory?
When I ran an OS in RAM to run a few small programs, eventually I needed more space which was solved by mounting a second usb. May not suit your case, but it worked.
I could do that. It would work rather well just having a separate partition (maybe /home/user/share). This could be used for movies/music/pictures and such. The USB is 30G, so it could easily spare it. Also, some of the extra space could even be used to keep a backup of the entire OS. :)

Nonetheless, /home is very small, taking up only a little over 200mb in total. The kernel and modules take up the most, and I want to keep them incase they're needed to boot on another machine.

...

I was able to run bleachbit headless and delete more stuff. Deleted icons as well, as I rarely see them anyways. Now the system takes >1.7G in total. This leaves 1.9G to run applications on a system with 4G ram.

As an experiment, I unplugged the one USB and plugged in the backup USB (which I used dd to make a clone of). I then synced the ram system to that other USB and booted it. It worked! :D Not sure how long this will work, but I've been doing lots of syncing, swapping USBs and powering off/rebooting, and so far so good.

Wrote a sync script and added to my .desktop files to be run in wobi:

sync.sh

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#!/bin/sh

# Exit on any errors so the system doesn't eat hamsters
set -ep

sudo mkdir -p /mnt

if [ "$(mount | grep ^$2)" ]; then
   echo "\n$2 already mounted.\nUnmounting..."
   sudo umount "$2"
fi

echo "\nMounting $2 to /mnt...\n"
sudo mount "$2" /mnt

sudo rsync --dry-run -av --delete --exclude /proc/ --exclude /media/ --exclude /tmp/ --exclude /mnt/ --exclude /dev/ --exclude /sys/ --exclude /run/ --exclude .cache/ "$1" /mnt"$1" | less

if [ "$3" = "-s" ]; then

   t=5; while [ $t -gt 0 ]; do echo -ne "\rBacking up in $t seconds..."; t=$(( t - 1 )); sleep 1; done

   echo "\nRunning rsync...\n" 

   sudo rsync -av --delete --exclude /proc/ --exclude /media/ --exclude /tmp/ --exclude /mnt/ --exclude /dev/ --exclude /sys/ --exclude /run/ --exclude .cache/ "$1" /mnt"$1" 

   echo "\nRunning sync..."
   sync

fi

echo "\nUnmounting $2..."
sudo umount "$2"

echo "\nFinished without errors.\nYou may close this window.\n"
sleep 999
To sync / (ram filesystem) to /dev/sda1 which is mounted on /mnt:

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# ./sync.sh / /dev/sda1 -s
To sync /home (note the forward slash on the end of '/home'):

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# ./sync.sh /home/ /dev/sda1 -s
Where the flag '-s' tells the script to actually sync and not just do a dry run. The script will always do a dry run first, so it is advisable to scroll through and see what will be changed first, or you may bork your system.

Looking for ideas, suggestions, input on the new script.

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