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And I'd like to get this list directly and if possible from an external source (maybe repositories?).

Almost all one-liners I have found didn't work for me. So I hope there is an indicator somewhere that denotes packages as "preinstalled".

PS: I don't want to run a clean installation in a VM.

dAnjou
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Every *buntu release has a .manifest or .list file that lists preinstalled packages. This file is located online.

For example:

...and so on.

Pablo Bianchi
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mikewhatever
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