diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b60c736..222ad78 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,7 +3,15 @@
 
 !/etc
 /etc/*
+
+!/etc/apt/
+/etc/apt/*
+!/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/
+/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/*
+!/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/90norecommend
+
 !/etc/hostname
+
 !/etc/nginx/sites-available/
 
 !/floppies/
@@ -15,3 +23,6 @@
 /usr/local/*
 !/usr/local/sbin/
 /usr/local/sbin/*/
+
+*.pyc
+.DS_Store
diff --git a/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/90norecommend b/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/90norecommend
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a62feb1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/90norecommend
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+APT::Install-Recommends "0";
+APT::Install-Suggests "0";
diff --git a/floppies/Kimmy_Rest/.DS_Store b/floppies/Kimmy_Rest/.DS_Store
deleted file mode 100644
index 57c3d4f..0000000
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diff --git a/floppies/claudia/fine-line/.DS_Store b/floppies/claudia/fine-line/.DS_Store
deleted file mode 100644
index cf5da4b..0000000
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diff --git a/floppies/claudia/fine-line/libraries/.DS_Store b/floppies/claudia/fine-line/libraries/.DS_Store
deleted file mode 100644
index 5008ddf..0000000
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diff --git a/floppies/franc/.DS_Store b/floppies/franc/.DS_Store
deleted file mode 100644
index 5008ddf..0000000
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diff --git a/floppies/franc/common.pyc b/floppies/franc/common.pyc
deleted file mode 100644
index 809781f..0000000
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diff --git a/floppies/franc/video.pyc b/floppies/franc/video.pyc
deleted file mode 100644
index 24e2adb..0000000
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diff --git a/floppies/nadine2/readnew.py b/floppies/nadine2/readnew.py
index ccfd630..0df95ed 100755
--- a/floppies/nadine2/readnew.py
+++ b/floppies/nadine2/readnew.py
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 #! /usr/bin/env python
-import re, subprocess, random
+import re, subprocess, random, os
 from time import sleep
 
-# requires: espeak to be installed
+devnull = open(os.devnull, 'w')
+
+# requires: espeak and aplay (alsa-utils) to be installed
 
 dic={
 "narrator": "en-us",
@@ -17,33 +19,25 @@ f=open("transcripts-drone-attack.txt","r")
 txt=f.readlines() 
 p= re.compile(r"^(\d\d\:\d\d) \((.*?)\)\: (.*)") # regex for capturing groups: time, character, sentence
 for line in txt:
-	print line
         if p.findall(line):
                 time,char,sentence = (p.findall(line))[0]
-                print char.upper()
 		voice=dic[char]
                 # play time
-                subprocess.call(["espeak", time +" "+char, "-v", dic['narrator'], "-p", "20"]) # narrator speaks: time and character
+                subprocess.call(["espeak", time +" "+char, "-v", dic['narrator'], "-p", "20"], stdout=devnull, stderr=devnull) # narrator speaks: time and character
                 sleep(0.5) #short pause before sentence
-                print sentence
                 if "*expletive*" in sentence: #"*expletive*" in sentence is True:                   
                     sentence_parts=re.split(r"(\*\w+\*)", sentence)
-                    print sentence_parts
                     for part in sentence_parts:
                         if part == '*expletive*':
-                            print 'EXPLETIVE', part
-                            subprocess.call(["aplay", 'swear.wav'])
+                            subprocess.call(["aplay", 'swear.wav'], stdout=devnull, stderr=devnull)
                         else:
-                            print 'SPEECH', part
-                            subprocess.call(["espeak", part, "-v", voice]) # character speaks: his
+                            subprocess.call(["espeak", part, "-v", voice], stdout=devnull, stderr=devnull) # character speaks: his
                         sleep(float(random.randint(1,10))/100)
                 else:
-                    subprocess.call(["espeak", sentence, "-v", voice]) # character speaks: his
+                    subprocess.call(["espeak", sentence, "-v", voice], stdout=devnull, stderr=devnull) # character speaks: his
 
                     # 
         else:   # line w/out time or character (narrator)
-            print "NARRATOR"
-            subprocess.call(["espeak", line, "-v", dic['narrator'], "-p", "20"])
-
+            subprocess.call(["espeak", line, "-v", dic['narrator'], "-p", "20"], stdout=devnull, stderr=devnull)
         sleep(1) # make pause after each text line