ASUS DGX Spark Bloatware Removal: Clean Up Ubuntu for a Real Professional Setup

Published 17/05/2026

Description

In this video, I show how to remove preinstalled bloatware from the ASUS DGX Spark / NVIDIA DGX Spark running Ubuntu. Even though this machine is positioned as a professional AI workstation or developer device, it comes with unnecessary apps like Solitaire, Sudoku, Mines, Mahjong, Calendar, and LibreOffice. I walk through the cleanup process step by step and show how to make the system feel leaner, cleaner, and more professional. Contents: 0:00 - Introduction 0:12 - Description 0:37 - The Problem 0:55 - Remove Games 1:29 - Remove Calendar 1:39 - Remove Libre Office 1:50 - Cleanup 2:12 - Conclusion If you are using a DGX Spark for AI, development, inference, CUDA workloads, LLM experiments, or as a headless Linux box, you probably do not need games and consumer desktop apps cluttering the application launcher. In this video, I remove those packages, run the usual Ubuntu cleanup commands, and explain why this kind of preinstalled software does not belong on a professional machine. What you’ll learn in this video: How to remove unwanted preinstalled Ubuntu applications How to uninstall games like Solitaire, Sudoku, Mines, and Mahjong How to remove LibreOffice and Calendar if you do not need them How to clean up unused packages with Ubuntu maintenance commands How to make your DGX Spark setup cleaner for AI and development work If this helped you, don’t forget to like, subscribe, and leave a comment with your setup or questions. #DGXSpark #Ubuntu #LinuxTips Follow me on X: https://l.samayas.eu/jo3eaYEf3E?P=YT&V=128 Buy me a Coffee : https://l.samayas.eu/jX6xL7EWhd?P=YT&V=128 Studio Equipment Camera Sony Alpha ZV-E10 II: https://l.samayas.eu/k7y95TREl0?P=YT&V=128 Secondary Camera Obsbot Tail Air: https://l.samayas.eu/iFQu9WfmCw?P=YT&V=128 Elgato Prompter: https://l.samayas.eu/fHVrqqXtSc?P=YT&V=128 Microphone Rode Wireless GO II: https://l.samayas.eu/afBINjiBXN?P=YT&V=128