How to remove gnome-sound-recorder?

[DennyCrane]

Upgraded from F8 to F9. That seems to have installed gnome-sound-recorder (which I do not want/need). I tried doing a search in packagekit for gnome-sound-recorder and just Sound Recorder, neither seems to produce relevant results for installed software.

Stranger still, just before making this post I went to check the program one more time to see if I could find any more information, but now I get the following error when I try to load the program (I was definitely not getting this before):

Your audio capture settings are invalid. Please correct them in the Multimedia settings.

How can I uninstall gnome-sound-recorder, or what is it called in packagekit??

[JN4OldSchool]

It is part of the Gnome Media package and you probably cant remove it without breaking Gnome. I would just ignore it. Be careful trying to remove anything belonging to the DE.

[A.Serbinski]

Wow, another "mustn't have anything installed that you don't use" posts... If you want to get rid of it from the menu (why?), then use ( System --> Preferences --> Look and Feel --> Main Menu ) to edit it out of the menu.

[DennyCrane]

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[JN4OldSchool]

Originally Posted by iamvoyager

It's the same reason (some people), say, get rid of old furniture. It takes up space. It is clutter that gets in the way. Not everyone is content to keep junk for the mere purpose of satisfying their laziness.

Lol, like a chair from a dollhouse on a football field? But seriously, Fedora is rather bloated in the scheme of things. Gnome itself plays a large part, though KDE is almost as bad, especially in creating "packages" of 5-10 interdependent apps. Fedora is just as bad though, installing many services and other stuff as default that most wont use. Best you can do is install the bare minimum in init 3 and add a wm or Xfce later. You will still have a hefty install though, I managed to create am Xfce F8 spin that is only 420MB, but this is totally stripped.

Really, with todays computers it is a silly argument. It isnt like most people dont have 120GB or larger drive(s) and 1GB RAM to play with. I do understand where you are coming from, but take my word for it, Fedora is NOT the distro to try to slim down.

[DennyCrane]

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[JN4OldSchool]

Originally Posted by iamvoyager

I am speaking much less of disk space than of screen or menu space (though my disk is in fact much smaller than those you mention). I function much more effectively with a clean desk - both literally and figuratively speaking. If I am going to remove the menu item, I might as well uninstall the program, given that it isn't otherwise necessary.

There is no argument at all. I remove things I don't need because I don't need them. It is a personal choice that doesn't need to be analyzed or rationalized. The "silly argument" is made when another tries to push his or her own system onto others without offering any substance for their criticisms of a decision which is driven purely by individual preference.

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