I’m also realising this rabbit hole with every second I spend on Lemmy. Hell I was reading up on arch at 2 am last night when I couldn’t get to sleep….
Yeah, but the difference is quite huge IMHO. Arch philosophy is user centric so it is deliberately minimal because then it is up to you what to add instead of having to remove something to get what you want.
I’m also realising this rabbit hole with every second I spend on Lemmy. Hell I was reading up on arch at 2 am last night when I couldn’t get to sleep….
Honestly I would skip Arch and just use something like Fedora or Debian. Arch is way over rated. You can build a Arch like system out of anything.
I’m using Ubuntu across a few devices atm. All the arch memes and the sleeplessness just drove me to go find out what the fuss was all about.
Don’t you get annoyed by snap?
Yeah, but the difference is quite huge IMHO. Arch philosophy is user centric so it is deliberately minimal because then it is up to you what to add instead of having to remove something to get what you want.
You can do that with any distro really
“Minimal” is such a weird concept to focus on in 2025. What are are you going for? Low ram usage?
Start with something like mint and works your way to other distros.
You should be able to live boot mint to see how it runs before committing to installing.
Been using Ubuntu for a bit but mint does sound like a good next step if I decide to swap.
CachyOS or EndeavourOS are good arch spins if you choose to be insane.