I often hear folks in the Linux community discussing their preference for Arch (and Linux in general) because they can install only the packages they want or need - no bloat.
I’ve come across users with a couple of hundred packages installed (likely fresh installs), but I’ve also seen others with thousands.
Personally, I’m currently at 1.7k packages on my desktop and 1.3k on my laptop (both running EndeavourOS). There might be a few packages I could remove, but I don’t feel like my system is bloated.
I guess it’s subjective, but when do you consider a system to be bloated?
I’m asking as a relatively new Linux user - been daily driving for about 7/8 months
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Me, occasionally. I like seeing the little Pac-Man eat away at progress of a download on EndeavourOS.
Also, this video covers it slightly.
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Maybe not watching it per se, but it’s nice to catch a problem before I reboot (ie a grub upgrade failure for example)
People that live in a place where 4 mbps speeds are a norm.
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Gentoo user here. I look at system load while compiling. (: But most of the time I can use my PC while portage is doing it’s job.
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Who watches the watcher?