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Never use apt-get autoremove (ie. watch out what apt wants to remove).

* [safe] disabling welcome screen (date/time/language): delete/move /etc/X11/Xsession.d/30osso_startup_wizard
* [safe] nokia hands: delete/move /etc/X11/Xsession.d/10hildon_welcome or: apt-get remove --purge hildon-welcome
* [safe] [[N900_The_Perfect_Setup#Cherry|remove cherry (nokia's sms subscruption)]]: apt-get remove --purge cherry
* [safe] remove osso-tutorial: apt-get remove --purge osso-tutorial*
* [safe] remove *-installers: apt-get remove --purge ap-installer amazon-installer foreca-installer facebook-installer skype-installer dtg-installer
* [safe] remove nokia cruft: apt-get remove --purge "nokiamessaging*"

==apt-magic [http://talk.maemo.org/showpost.php?p=1190876&postcount=6]==
 #package description:
 apt-cache show PKGNAME
 #provides files:
 dpkg -L PKGNAME
 #current version:
 apt-cache policy PKGNAME
 #reverse dependencies:
 apt-cache showpkg PKGNAME
 #remove (on device which can be reflashed)
 apt-get remove --purge PKGNAME

==remove_locales.sh==
<pre>
# remove_locales.sh
# removing locales can make apps unreadable, so keep en_US and your language
needed="^\.$|en_US|pl_PL"

just_a_test=""
# comment the next line to really remove the files:
just_a_test="echo"

cd /usr/share/locale && \
for each in `find . -type d -maxdepth 1`; do
 if [ `echo "$each"|grep -E "$needed"` ]; then
  echo "keeping $each"
 else
  echo "removing $each"
  $just_a_test echo rm -rf "$each"
 fi
done
</pre>

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-{{ambox
+This page is a work in progress, continue only if you know what you are doing!
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+Never use apt-get autoremove (ie. watch out what apt wants to remove).
-|text=This is a wiki! So the title of this page represents the personal notion of one or a few editors. It's not "officially supported" info or advice.}}
-{{ambox
-|type=warning
-|text=This page is a work in progress, continue only if you know what you are doing!
-Never use apt-get autoremove (ie. watch out what apt wants to remove).}}
-You will probably need to have any cssu flavor to be able to remove few of those packages.
 * [safe] disabling welcome screen (date/time/language): delete/move /etc/X11/Xsession.d/30osso_startup_wizard
 * [safe] nokia hands: delete/move /etc/X11/Xsession.d/10hildon_welcome or: apt-get remove --purge hildon-welcome
-* [safe] [[PR1.2_compulsory_My_Nokia_subscription|remove cherry (nokia's sms subscruption)]]: apt-get remove --purge cherry
+* [safe] [[N900_The_Perfect_Setup#Cherry|remove cherry (nokia's sms subscruption)]]: apt-get remove --purge cherry
 * [safe] remove osso-tutorial: apt-get remove --purge osso-tutorial*
 * [safe] remove *-installers: apt-get remove --purge ap-installer amazon-installer foreca-installer facebook-installer skype-installer dtg-installer
 * [safe] remove nokia cruft: apt-get remove --purge "nokiamessaging*"
-* [if-not-used] packages that can be removed if user never used/uses them: osso-sketch* osso-notes* osso-rss*
-* [if-not-used] if you dont use system's default mail or calendar apps you can disable X-Maemo-Prestarted lines in: /usr/share/applications/hildon/{calendar,modest}.desktop
-* [hint] if you add any contacts to desktop there will be osso-abook-home-applet running all the time. same story if you add other widgets (shortcuts are ok)
-* [hint] install tracker-cfg and exclude unnecesary directories/tune it
 ==apt-magic [http://talk.maemo.org/showpost.php?p=1190876&postcount=6]==
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   #provides files:
   dpkg -L PKGNAME
- #which package file belongs to:
- dpkg -S /path/to/file
- #or:
- apt-file search /path/to/file
   #current version:
   apt-cache policy PKGNAME
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 # remove_locales.sh
 # removing locales can make apps unreadable, so keep en_US and your language
-# so it might eat your babies. MAKE A BACKUP of /usr/share/locale before trying this
 needed="^\.$|en_US|pl_PL"