> Do the popular Linux distributions for both desktop and server environments provide such a list? Yes, this is common. You are generally given the option at i

> Do the popular Linux distributions for both desktop and server environments provide such a list? Yes, this is common. You are generally given the option at install how "minimal" you wish to go (do you even want a GUI installed, etc). These are often listed on the distributions website. For example here is a few from Arch: - Base (bare minimum) install: https://archlinux.org/packages/core/any/base/ https://archlinux.org/packages/core/any/base/ - Base-devel (what you need to run makepkg): https://archlinux.org/packages/core/any/base-devel/ https://archlinux.org/packages/core/any/base-devel/