[Shadonototra]

> Distributions that heavily push Flatpak, like Fedora Silverblue/Kinoite, Endless OS and elementaryOS, strictly push Flatpak for applications. As a side effect, these distributions have a really small base install as well. As an example, an Endless OS install takes roughly 4.2 GB

4.2gb is a "really small base install" ????? WHAT

the windows users are infecting linux, and it shows

the amount of bloat these days is insane

[AnIdiotOnTheNet]

The default install of Ubuntu is in the neighborhood of 15GB. When comparing full on general purpose desktop environment distros, 4.2GB is pretty reasonable. Obviously if you're using a hand-tuned Arch or something you can get a much smaller base install size for your needs.

[kX4A8o4mVmX8aW]

Ubuntu 22.04 desktop, the normal installation with LibreOffice and other extras, is about 7.1GB for me in a VM.

[alyandon]

You can also start with minimal(-ish) Ubuntu Server and generally add the packages you want.

[heikrana]

700 MB arch is (btw). Coming with nothing but the essentials.

Things like this is why there's elitism in arch community and why it has such a nice and loyal user base with such a great wiki.

[alwayslikethis]

Not even basic tools like vi, though.