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<H2><A NAME="s4">4. A Real Life Example</A></H2>
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<P>This is what I got applying the above procedure to one of my machines.
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Before the treatment, <CODE>df</CODE> reported I used 398,798 1024--blocks:
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<LI> I didn't remove the kernel sources and the kernel headers;
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<LI> I uninstalled several applications and all of the games, but I left
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X11, X11 development, C and Fortran development, Tcl/Tk, networking tools,
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and a few other standard applications. <CODE>df</CODE> reported 244,668 used blocks;
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<LI> I ran <CODE>upx</CODE> on /usr/bin,
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/usr/X11R6/bin, /usr/lib/texmf/bin/i586-linux,
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and /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i386-linux/2.7.2.1. 226,270 used blocks;
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<LI> I compressed the documentation under /usr/doc and
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/usr/lib/texmf/texmf/doc: 198,745 used blocks.
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<P>To sum up, I started with 398,798 blocks and finished with 198,745. Think of
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the stuff you can shove in those 200,000 spared blocks! I would have saved
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even more if I had used <CODE>bzip2</CODE> instead of <CODE>gzip</CODE>.
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<P>On average, if you are careful from the beginning and install only the
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necessary applications, compressing executables and documents will save you
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some 20 Mb. On a notebook, this can be a lifesaver.
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