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Plan and apply safe Jetson headless-mode changes to reclaim GUI and daemon memory.

When to use

Build a user-approved headless-mode plan from live audit data, then apply only safe, reversible user-space changes that reduce desktop and daemon memory use on Jetson.
"Free as much memory as possible — I don't need the GUI."
"I'm shipping this Jetson as an inference appliance / edge node."
After `jetson-memory-audit` shows `default_systemd_target=graphical.target` or shows `gdm3` / `lightdm` / `sddm` active on a system the user describes as headless.

The user needs the local desktop, display output, kiosk UI, or any X/Wayland session. In that case, do not recommend disabling the graphical target or display manager; use `jetson-memory-audit` for a read-only view and suggest non-GUI memo…
You do not have current audit data. Run `jetson-memory-audit` first, or ask the user for its output, before proposing changes or estimating savings.

Repository	Path
NVIDIA/skills	`skills/jetson-headless-mode/SKILL.md`