I’ve been using Linux Mint since forever. I’ve never felt a reason to change. But I’m interested in what persuaded others to move.

  • meteokr@community.adiquaints.moe
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    10 months ago

    In that it’s not a kernel with just a c library and busybox

    This wouldn’t be a distro though, at least not in the context of the question being asked by the OP. My point being that Arch isn’t “minimalist”, because its not really any more minimal than Debian, or Fedora. It is more vanilla than them, preferring to not modify the original sources beyond their packaging, while Debian does do a lot more changes in this regard.

    Something like Tinycore, or Puppy are minimalist focusing on running in memory entirely, or Alpine is minimalist by focusing on reducing disk space. Debian, Fedora, or Arch installs, on the other hand, are basically the same in terms of size, unless you also consider them to be minimalist. At which point we are in agreement.

    • MiddledAgedGuy@beehaw.org
      2·
      10 months ago

      I concede the point.

      Debian, Fedora, or Arch installs, on the other hand, are basically the same in terms of size

      This line was the seller. It made me think more specifically that a Debian install without a DE is going to be pretty comparable to a base Arch install. And I don’t consider Debian minimalist