For all of those who like their custom made minimal desktops, i3, awasome, jwm, openbox, etc. or are pure console freaks, there is Arch and there is an established and verified way to change from Arch to Artix and have OpenRC and lately Runit as an init system. This makes a low resources fast booting machine faster and lighter yet. Artix is progressively rebuilding all Arch pkgs and growing their own repositories, while 2/3 of Arch pkgs can be used still straight out of Arch. But it is a blend of things with the Arch-Core repository left out.
For those that don’t like or know how to tinker too much with stuff, like conf and rc files, they prefer a precustomized desktop with all the possible bells and whistles predesigned by the distro designers. Ubuntu, Mint, and Manjaro are really such products appealing to such audience. But they all have the resource hog complex init system we love to hate. We have to admit that Manjaro’s desktop designs are state of the art, aesthetically. People get addicted to Manjaro and stick with it, even if they like further customizing things themselves.
But then there is a gray area of those who slowly are graduating from OEM ready out of the box setups to making the same installation lighter and faster. Th
at is to improve on the core system where a desktop really floats on. So how do you go from a Manjaro full desktop installation to something faster and lighter? Obarun
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