Last time I used a minimal install it was pretty small (it does grab packages from a cd but only a minimal installation of ubuntu). It was more if you just lik

Last time I used a minimal install it was pretty small (it does grab packages from a cd but only a minimal installation of ubuntu). It was more if you just like having the minimal system and choosing which software you wanted. Debian administration really isn't as bad as you seem to think but you're welcome to your opinions. Personally I like BSD's (mostly freebsd) and am using ubuntu for matlab and an unsupported wireless card in bsd, but that just makes arch seem lacking when I use it