Re: When will the madness end?

On 3/24/2024 2:43 AM, rbowman wrote:

On Sat, 23 Mar 2024 15:20:14 -0400, DFS wrote:
 

419MB of disk space and 214 newly installed packages for a hobbyist,
simple-simon text editor?
>

 Just use the handy package manager GUI and ignore the noise. It will be
just like installing something on Windows that downloads the world.
 I don't use it but apparently have it on the Ubuntu box.
 gedit is already the newest version (41.0-3).
gedit set to manually installed.
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer
required:
   libftdi1-2 libgeos3.10.2 libhidapi-hidraw0 libqgis-3d3.22.7 libqgis-
analysis3.22.7
   libqgis-app3.22.7 libqgis-core3.22.7 libqgis-gui3.22.7 libqgis-
native3.22.7
   libqgis-server3.22.7 libqgisgrass8-3.22.7 libqgispython3.22.7 libsigrok4
libsigrokcxx4
   libsigrokdecode4 pulseview sigrok-cli sigrok-firmware-fx2lafw
Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove them.
 Does Windows ever offer to take out the garbage?

Not lib by lib.  Windows hides nearly everything that would scare Grandma, and then tries to escort her across the traffic.  I generally hate the half-ass handholding (and sometimes the opacity) of Windows, but as ever my focus is on application software.
MS Office 2003 offers to remove files used during setup.  They're put in a temp MSOCache folder hanging off the root of the folder from which Office was installed (if it was installed from a writeable device).