Remove unneeded packages from raspbian

remove_packages.sh

#!/bin/bash
# Stephen's Raspberry Pi Mimimalist install from standard Raspdian Image
# as seen in http://www.raspberrypi.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=45437
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get purge xserver* -y
sudo apt-get purge ^x11 -y
sudo apt-get purge ^libx -y
sudo apt-get purge ^lx -y
sudo apt-get purge samba* -y
sudo apt-get autoremove -y
sudo apt-get upgrade -y
sudo apt-get clean

Thanks! a quick note, remember to run:

sudo chmod +x remove_packages.sh

to make it executable:

sudo ./remove_packages.sh

Hi,
This looks very useful.

Has it been tested or run on the latest Raspbian 2015-05-05 release?

It should work with any debian/ubuntu, though may not remove all packages that are unnecessary. It will remove most of them.