I have 133 applications installed on my computer. I’m not sure if this is a lot or not. I always like the idea of my machine being this lean, fast machine that works well all the time. However, I also want it to be able to do anything at the drop of a hat. I can’t help but notice these are two contradictory ideals.

Scanning down the list of applications I can’t help but notice a lot of it was installed for a single task and left. Should I be removing these and then installing them again if needed (almost all the software on my machine is free/opensource) or should I be leaving them there given they don’t take up much space.

I don’t know, I think for now I will take it on an app by app basis. Some of this stuff needs to go, I’m almost certain I will never use it again, but some of I would rather keep kicking around, If only to save myself trying to find it. Perhaps I need to start working on a software repository of known good stuff.