Arch Linux has a reputation for being a “difficult” distribution. I’ve written previously about how that’s not really something that needs to change, smoother onboarding just isn’t a part of the Arch Linux project. The appeal of Arch is that it ships with basically no software. While the latest Ubuntu ISO is ~5.8 gigabytes, Arch’s September 2025 ISO is just ~1.4 gigabytes. In fact, if you look at the packages included as part of the base installation, you’ll find a very funny snippet to read on a website documenting a Linux distribution.
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Arch Linux has a reputation for being a “difficult” distribution. I’ve written previously about how that’s not really something that needs to change, smoother onboarding just isn’t a part of the Arch Linux project. The appeal of Arch is that it ships with basically no software. While the latest Ubuntu ISO is ~5.8 gigabytes, Arch’s September 2025 ISO is just ~1.4…
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