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Minimalism means faster boot time, less cruft in $HOME, generally knowing where stuff is, and more time to comb my enormous neckbeard...
by pandeiro 15y ago
Minimalism means faster boot time, less cruft in $HOME, generally knowing where stuff is, and more time to comb my enormous neckbeard...
- acgourley 15y ago"generally knowing where stuff is" has been my favorite part of using Arch. I started out on redhat systems back in the day, and kinda figured out where the really important stuff was, but never wrapped my head around everything. Adding things piece by piece as I need them to Arch is much more instructive.
- shaurz 15y agoIndeed. Arch is an education on the Linux software stack.
- fam 15y agoIMO boot time isn't a big selling point anymore with SSDs in the market (albeit not exactly affordable). A MacBook Air can boot up within seconds and that's plenty fast for me.
- astrodust 15y agoI guess that's slightly less expensive than just getting a crazy fast SSD drive.
- ansgri 15y agoNot if you factor in the time investments.