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Ubuntu default/minimal installation is only ~10% smaller than full installation

Bug #2038901 reported by Daniel van Vugt
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Bug Description

Ubuntu default/minimal installation should be made smaller in future. It's a little too close to the full install size right now. As of mantic 2023-10-10, the default/minimal install ends up 8.4 GB whereas the full install is 9.4 GB.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vSmQLXuDO0E-tKnWcgjL3Ua2bWDeUg4ICZIfuMrrZndBrYjbVLKAWlKuiZLZ9EOrj4N1WV37DRg8GyW/pubchart?oid=2040836911&format=interactive

Tags: noble mantic
Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)
summary: - Ubuntu default/minimal installation should be smaller
+ Ubuntu default/minimal installation is only ~11% smaller than full
+ installation
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John Kizer (johnandmegh) wrote : Re: Ubuntu default/minimal installation is only ~11% smaller than full installation

Sorry if this is the wrong place to discuss this, but - is the thought on this to look at what programs/capabilities are available to the user on a fresh install and evaluate options to prune those, or to look at reducing the installed size required to deliver the same capabilities as the mantic default install? (Things like the other bug mentioned in the Discourse post, https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/livecd-rootfs/+bug/2038906 , I assume)

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Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt) wrote :

The purpose here is to evaluate what can be moved from Minimal to Full. The size of the Full install would not change but the size of Minimal should be smaller.

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Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt) wrote :

In noble daily images there's now only 10% difference between a full install and minimal.

summary: - Ubuntu default/minimal installation is only ~11% smaller than full
+ Ubuntu default/minimal installation is only ~10% smaller than full
installation
Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)
tags: added: noble
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