[kwlug-disc] Ubuntu Server -- why so big?

[Khalid Baheyeldin]

If it was me, I would stick with the latest LTS releases (24.04 currently),
unless there is a very compelling reason not to.
For example, an application or a version of an application that is not
present in the latest LTS version.
That way, you don't do major upgrades for a couple of years, so less
disruption.

Regarding snap, you can easily remove it from the server version, and
Xubuntu as well.

Run the command:
snap list

Then from that list, one by one do:

sudo snap remove foo

Then finally do:

sudo apt purge snap

That is it.

I am curious about what is eating up space.

Execute this:

sudo du -ahd1 / | sort -h

Then go to the directory with the most space, and do the same there.

On Mon, Feb 2, 2026 at 1:13 AM William Park via kwlug-disc <
kwlug-disc at kwlug.org> wrote:

> I'm trying to setup Debian/Ubuntu distro, small size, text-only, no
> desktop, in VirtualBox.  So, I tried "Ubuntu Server 25.10", because
> website says 2.5GB should be enough.  Well, fresh install takes up 7GB.
> The only optional thing I included is ssh server.
>
> Am I doing something wrong?
> What do you remember when you setup your Ubuntu Server?
>
> --
Khalid M. Baheyeldin
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