diff --git a/scripts/_base/001-desktop-environment.sh b/scripts/_base/001-desktop-environment.sh
index b24ffcd..9852e8b 100644
--- a/scripts/_base/001-desktop-environment.sh
+++ b/scripts/_base/001-desktop-environment.sh
@@ -2,5 +2,85 @@
 
 set -euox pipefail
 
+    # # Non-critical apps -> Flatpak
+    # - baobab
+    # - cheese
+    # - snapshot
+    # - evince
+    # - evince-djvu
+    # - evince-nautilus
+    # - file-roller
+    # - file-roller-nautilus
+    # - gnome-boxes
+    # - gnome-calculator
+    # - gnome-calendar
+    # - gnome-characters
+    # - gnome-clocks
+    # - gnome-connections
+    # - gnome-contacts
+    # - gnome-documents
+    # - gnome-font-viewer
+    # - gnome-logs
+    # - gnome-maps
+    # - gnome-photos
+    # - gnome-screenshot
+    # - gnome-text-editor
+    # - gnome-weather
+    # - jwhois
+    # - loupe
+    # - rdist
+    # - sane-backends-drivers-scanners
+    # - simple-scan
+    # - sushi
+    # - symlinks
+    # - tcpdump
+    # - telnet
+    # - totem
+    # - totem-nautilus
+    # - traceroute
+
+
+excludes=(
+    "baobab"
+    "cheese"
+    "evince"
+    "evince-djvu"
+    "evince-nautilus"
+    "file-roller"
+    "file-roller-nautilus"
+    "gnome-boxes"
+    "gnome-calculator"
+    "gnome-calendar"
+    "gnome-characters"
+    "gnome-clocks"
+    "gnome-connections"
+    "gnome-contacts"
+    "gnome-documents"
+    "gnome-font-viewer"
+    "gnome-logs"
+    "gnome-maps"
+    "gnome-photos"
+    "gnome-screenshot"
+    "gnome-text-editor"
+    "gnome-weather"
+    "jwhois"
+    "loupe"
+    "rdist"
+    "sane-backends-drivers-scanners"
+    "simple-scan"
+    "snapshot"
+    "sushi"
+    "symlinks"
+    "tcpdump"
+    "telnet"
+    "totem"
+    "totem-nautilus"
+    "traceroute"
+)
+
+# Make excludes a comma-separated string
+excludes=$(IFS=, ; echo "${excludes[*]}")
+
 # Install the base-graphical meta-package
-dnf install -y @base-graphical
+dnf install -y @base-graphical \
+    --exclude "${excludes}"