[jonathanoliver]

Debian is fat?? I always thought it was a nice, minimalist server distro.

[xedrac]

It's definitely fatter than Arch because packages tend to be more coupled.

[uggedal]

This is entirely false and the opposite is true. Debian has much more granular package splitting and less hard dependencies.

[m463]

You should try either reading through the installation instruction, or better yet try an install:

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Installation_guide