lsmod

[Klaus-Peter Schrage]

Bob Hemus wrote:
> O.K. I'm ready to catch hell for my igernuts!  When I run "lsmod" (using
> Ubuntu 7.04) I get a list a mile long.  I know I should remove some of
> 'em, but not sure, exactly which ones?  The ones followed by a zero?

What you are looking for seems to be a list of neccessary/dispensable 
services. There are descriptions and recommendations for Fedora:
http://www.mjmwired.net/resources/mjm-services-fc6.html
http://www.redhatmagazine.com/2007/03/09/understanding-your-red-hat-enterprise-linux-daemons/
and you might find corresponding ones for Ubuntu.
Klaus