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		adamors on July 15, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Linux vs. Linux Users > unless you want to use something as minimal as gentoo/archlinux, and that's not for everyone I don't actually understand why wouldn't anyone use a minimal distro like Arch on any hardware. You would be surprised just how lightweight a full featured desktop environment like KDE can be on Arch/Gentoo.

doktrin on July 15, 2013 [–]

I use Arch at work. It's great and all, but I haven't really seen too much ROI (in installation & configuration) vs. using something like Mint and simply swapping out the tiling window manager.

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