looking at processes for unneeded or unused applications or processes

ps -ef | awk '{print $8}' | sort | uniq

[ata_sff]
avahi-daemon:
/bin/dbus-daemon
/bin/sh
[bioset]
[deferwq]
[devfreq_wq]
[dio/sdc1]
[edac-poller]
[ext4-rsv-conver]
[fsnotify_mark]
gnome-keyring-daemon
[iprt-VBoxWQueue]
[ipv6_addrconf]
[jbd2/sda2-8]
[jbd2/sda3-8]
[jbd2/sdb1-8]
[jbd2/sdc1-8]
[jbd2/sdd1-8]
[kauditd]
[kblockd]
[kcompactd0]
[kdevtmpfs]
[khugepaged]
[khungtaskd]
[kintegrityd]
[kpsmoused]
[ksmd]
[migration/0]
[migration/3]
[netns]
nm-applet
[perf]
pickup
pk-update-icon
[rcu_bh]
[rcu_sched]
(sd-pam)
Thunar   #  this is the file manager for Xfce - I don't use it... but... it might come in handy...
[ttm_swap]
/usr/bin/pulseaudio
/usr/bin/python
/usr/bin/python3
/usr/lib64/libexec/kdeconnectd
/usr/lib64/libexec/kf5/klauncher
/usr/lib64/libexec/kf5/kscreen_backend_launcher
/usr/lib/at-spi2/at-spi2-registryd
/usr/lib/at-spi2/at-spi-bus-launcher
/usr/lib/deja-dup/deja-dup-monitor
/usr/lib/GConf/2/gconfd-2
/usr/lib/goa-daemon
/usr/lib/goa-identity-service
/usr/lib/mission-control-5
/usr/lib/polkit-1/polkitd
/usr/lib/polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1
/usr/lib/postfix/master
/usr/lib/pulse/gconf-helper
/usr/lib/rtkit/rtkit-daemon
/usr/lib/systemd/systemd
/usr/lib/systemd/systemd-journald
/usr/lib/systemd/systemd-logind
/usr/lib/systemd/systemd-udevd
/usr/lib/tracker-miner-apps
/usr/lib/tracker-miner-fs
/usr/lib/tracker-miner-user-guides
/usr/lib/tracker-store
/usr/lib/udisks2/udisksd
/usr/lib/upower/upowerd
/usr/lib/virtualbox/VBoxSVC
/usr/lib/virtualbox/VBoxXPCOMIPCD
/usr/lib/virtualbox/VirtualBox
/usr/lib/wicked/bin/wickedd-auto4   #  this is the network manager daemon... thinking of nuking it and going manual
/usr/lib/wicked/bin/wickedd-dhcp4
/usr/lib/wicked/bin/wickedd-dhcp6
/usr/lib/xfce4/panel/wrapper-1.0
/usr/lib/xfce4/xfconf/xfconfd
/usr/sbin/haveged
/usr/sbin/irqbalance
/usr/sbin/mcelog
/usr/sbin/ModemManager     #  if this is a desktop without a landline in the house, remove the package and service
/usr/sbin/nscd
/usr/sbin/smartd
/usr/sbin/wickedd
/usr/sbin/wickedd-nanny
[watchdog/0]
[watchdog/3]
[writeback]
xfce4-appfinder
xfce4-panel
xfce4-power-manager
xfce4-session
[xfce4-terminal]
xfce4-terminal
xfdesktop
xfsettingsd
xfwm4

ps -ef | awk '{print $8}' | sort | uniq