Isn't this more or less the idea behind Gentoo ? I know that when I initially started setting my system up, it was a bit of a mess trying to figure out what US

Isn't this more or less the idea behind Gentoo ? I know that when I initially started setting my system up, it was a bit of a mess trying to figure out what USE flags I needed/etc., but once it stabilized, it was great to know that I had a system that worked and there was no trace of software or libraries I didn't want or need. It definitely is a bit more legwork to do up-front, but I feel like the idea of "this is what I want, please build only to that spec" has saved me a bit of heartache as I've been using my system and while the leanness doesn't matter per se, it feels like it's helping my system be a bit more organized.