Hi,
electron based apps are gaining popularity day by day. Whatsapp had decided to go back to using webview based wrapper. Except few like vscode, almost all are memory hogs. I usually delete the these languages, and i think their default inclusion in list will be helpful for precious space on our SSDs. I request to incude these and other License file (in latest vscode, LICENSES.chromium.html = 15+MB).
To Remove unused locales from Chrome & Electron-based apps, i usually run these commands on ubuntu
VS Code
sudo rm /usr/share/code/resources/app/ThirdPartyNotices.txt /usr/share/code/LICENSES.chromium.html /usr/share/code/resources/app/LICENSE.rtf
sudo rm /usr/share/code/locales/!("en-GB.pak"|"en-US.pak")
sudo rm -fdr /usr/share/code/resources/app/licenses
FreeTube
sudo rm /opt/FreeTube/locales/!("en-GB.pak"|"en-US.pak")
sudo rm /opt/FreeTube/LICENSES.chromium.html /opt/FreeTube/LICENSE.electron.txt
Google Chrome
sudo rm /opt/google/chrome/locales/!("en-GB.pak"|"en-US.pak")
Brave Browser
sudo rm /opt/brave.com/brave/locales/!("en-GB.pak"|"en-US.pak")
Google antigravity
sudo rm /usr/share/antigravity/locales/!("en-GB.pak"|"en-US.pak")
sudo rm /usr/share/antigravity/resources/app/ThirdPartyNotices.txt /usr/share/antigravity/LICENSES.chromium.html /usr/share/antigravity/resources/app/LICENSE.txt
Cursor
sudo rm /usr/share/cursor/locales/!("en-GB.pak"|"en-US.pak")
sudo rm /usr/share/cursor/resources/app/ThirdPartyNotices.txt /usr/share/cursor/LICENSES.chromium.html /usr/share/cursor/resources/app/LICENSE.txt
Slack
sudo rm /usr/lib/slack/locales/!("en-GB.pak"|"en-US.pak")
sudo rm /usr/lib/slack/LICENSE /usr/lib/slack/resources/LICENSES.chromium.html
TickTick
sudo rm /opt/TickTick/locales/!("en-GB.pak"|"en-US.pak")
sudo rm /opt/TickTick/LICENSE.electron.txt /opt/TickTick/LICENSES.chromium.html
Replit
sudo rm /usr/lib/replit/locales/!("en-GB.pak"|"en-US.pak")
sudo rm /usr/lib/replit/LICENSES.chromium.html
GitKraken
sudo rm /usr/share/gitkraken/locales/!("en-GB.pak"|"en-US.pak")
sudo rm /usr/share/gitkraken/LICENSES.chromium.html /usr/share/gitkraken/LICENSE.electron
Hi,
electron based apps are gaining popularity day by day. Whatsapp had decided to go back to using webview based wrapper. Except few like vscode, almost all are memory hogs. I usually delete the these languages, and i think their default inclusion in list will be helpful for precious space on our SSDs. I request to incude these and other License file (in latest vscode, LICENSES.chromium.html = 15+MB).
To Remove unused locales from Chrome & Electron-based apps, i usually run these commands on ubuntu
VS Code
FreeTube
Google Chrome
Brave Browser
Google antigravity
Cursor
Slack
TickTick
Replit
GitKraken