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Hi, how's it going? I've been daily driving mint with i3 for a while now, (takes like 500mb idle ram) but I always hear mint being called a newbie distro, I know arch is harder to set up and more customizable for example, but overall im wondering, in which cases one would go from mint to another distro? what can make other distros "better" than mint? i'll end up using a window manager (i3 or if thats not availible some other lightweight one) so differences in desktop environments i dont really care that much about

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[-] mushroommunk@lemmy.today 10 points 3 days ago

Even if the distro has a bunch you don't want, uninstalling is pretty easy now with the package managers I've used. Just strip some things away and see if that's good first.

[-] A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago

Also good advice.

If your computer runs smoothly and youre not having a bunch of headaches, you're generally better off tinkering with what youve got than going through the hassle of installing a whole new OS.

[-] frongt@lemmy.zip 7 points 3 days ago

If your computer runs smoothly and you're not having a bunch of headaches, you're better off NOT tinkering with what you have. No point fixing what's not broken.

[-] A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago

Fair, I meant it more in the user space sense. If your OS came with Blender and you never use Blender, uninstall it.

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