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Debian is not just as quick (significantly slower and higher resource usage), but Arch isn't all that fast nowadays, either.
by kick 6y ago
Debian is not just as quick (significantly slower and higher resource usage), but Arch isn't all that fast nowadays, either.
- catalogia 6y ago> Debian is not just as quick (significantly slower and higher resource usage) In which respects? Are you talking about apt vs pacman or something? Default DEs?
- kick 6y agoDefault install; a default Debian install has about 3x running.
- Yetanfou 6y agoDebian - or Devuan if you don't want systemd - can be made as spartan as you want. It boots in those mentioned few seconds on my 15yo T42p (Pentium M@1.8GHz, 2GB). Use Sid/Unstable if you want more up-to-date software with the accompanying larger flow of updates.