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Making a "snapshot" of a fresh install so i know what to remove yrs later? (feddit.de)
submitted 8 months ago by skele_tron@feddit.de to c/archlinux@lemmy.ml
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Instead of nuking a partition and starting from scratch, is there a saner way to clean the system and slim it down?

Im resorting to listing explicitly installed packages and trying to write down what catches my eye that i dont use, or i wanted to try then forgot.

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[–] zer0@programming.dev 4 points 8 months ago

I have been trialing pacdef recently. It sounds like it would do what you're looking for.