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Re:Life at 800 MHz by hansel_der on Saturday January 15, 2022 @04:32AM (#29945109)
is good advice for any system not operated by a novice

  echo "APT { Install-Recommends \"false\"; }" >/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/90norecommendsthxby
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Re:Life at 800 MHz by sameerds on Saturday January 15, 2022 @06:13AM (#29945528)
Why is that not good advice for a novice too? I do this by reflex every time I install Debian or Ubuntu, and to my experience it did not create a situation that needed "expertise in apt".
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