Should I re-install? Possible mega-bloat?

melkonianarg · n00b Joined: 29 Jul 2005 Posts: 44 Location: U.K.

I have a couple of questions:

Is it worth me reinstalling gentoo with x sever etc...and for GUI Gnome only, keeping my kernel manually configured, with least bloat as possible...and only use the gnomelibs and therefore keep to those apps...?

or should I keep with my current situation of have lots of modules that i do not need, maybe stuff in the kernel i do not need, and lots of unecessary apps installed?

OR should I just uninstall all the stuff i do not need from inside this install...?

ANOTHER important thing to note is that i have an hp pavilion dv1108ea and therfor want to put movix as the wuickplay feature...and therefor need to create a 204mb partition at the start of my hard drive...(can i do this without removing everything?)

thanks for any help given.

just one more thing: is it likely that my system is very bloated anyway? i use kde and i think i have alot of unused apps installed aswell? will these affect my performance?

melkonianarg

d4rkwingduck · Posted: Wed Aug 31, 2005 2:32 am Post subject:

u dont have to reinstall everything to remove unneeded modules in the kernel, just go into kernel setup and remove the modules u do not need and recompile the kernel, copy it to boot and use it, as for using gnome/kde, well its already bloated in my opinion, y not use a lightweight manager like xfce or fluxbox.. then choose only apps u need and install those ?

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St. Joe · Apprentice Joined: 13 Apr 2005 Posts: 242 Location: USA