Why can't most Linux users handle a real distro?

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3000+ here

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no it's inversely proportional
op = retard

>>57788974
>189 Packages

what is that, a Tiger LCD Bowling game?

>>57788945
I want reddit to leave

>>57788945
2631 here
i install everything i need or even want to use as long as it's in the repos
package count is just a epeen currency for poor niggers

>>57789032
This type of minimal effort bait thread is 100% 4chan

i think a lot of it is "real distro" guys end up reinstalling or switching distros before they accumulate software

I personally have almost 3k packages and some days I'm bored I just download tons of shitty games from software store for no reason, it doesn't make my computer slower or less powerful if I have some shitty open source Galaga clone installed for instance

I never realized why autists bothered so much. How will a bunch of 100kb packages affect any performance on i7+ssd+8gb ram

7815 packages here. My system is fast and responsive.

>>57788945
You're not part of the cool kids club unless you have
- less than 1000 packages installed
- 1366x768 resolution maximum
- i3 or dwm window manager
- 60% mechanical keyboard imported from Taiwan with custom lubed o-rings and /fa/ggot colored Miami keycaps
- knee socks
- never do anything actually useful with your computer

>>57789059
t. /u/spez

>>57789262
So, you're the redditor?

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meh.

>>57789216
>less than 1000

nice grammer there, moran.

>>57789176
pics or it didnt happen

>>57789445
My bad. It's just 6241.

$ aptitude search '?installed' |wc -l
6241

Debian unstable, installation is about 6 years old, used daily.

>>57789216
>1366x768 resolution maximum

Is this a real thing linux user aim for? I noticed the majority of Linux screenshots seem to always be 1366x768

>>57789522
>aptitude search '?installed' |wc -l
dpkg -l | grep ii | wc -l

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>>57788945

>>57789547
Cheap laptops

>>57789551
Inaccurate results.

>>57789547
>Is this a real thing linux user aim for? I
No, just /g/ hipsters with 20 year old ThinkPads and $300 mechanical keyboards.

>>57789551
Let's evolve
dpkg -l | grep ^ii -c
emerge -pve world
pacman -Q | wc -l
rpm -qa | grep -F . | wc -l

Last time I used Linux I couldn't copy a file I wanted somewhere else in Dolphin FM or terminal.

 cp ~/Downloads/cancer.file ~/Desktop/

Wasn't working.

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>>57789569
>>57789588

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~1600 here, I don't need more but I don't really have any problems using my disk space if I want to install some new software.

>>57789636

$ dpkg -l |grep '^[^i].*ii'
rc  libgii1                                                          1:1.0.2-4.1                                  amd64        General Input Interface runtime libraries
rc  tintii                                                           2.9.0-2                                      amd64        photo filter for easy color effects

This is correct:
>>57789612
>dpkg -l | grep ^ii -c

>>57789559
OP here, nice. also ty for the gtkorphan shot, installed and had 15 orphaned packages so my penis just shrunk a little

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>>57789655
muh pacgraph

>>57789567
>>57789604
okay makes sense, thanks.

>>57789612
your emerge solution is shit

eix -Ic

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I don't really care how many packages I have installed, I simply don't install shit I don't use. Don't know where that puts me on /g/ scale.

>>57789791
>Gentoo
>ancient Linux kernel

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>>57788945
>muh packages

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>>57788945
>not using 2016 packages for the ultimate 2016 experience

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>>57789216
You forgot "less than 2 GB of ram" and "aesthetic zsh $PS1"

Got everything except for the mechanical keyboard and not doing anything useful.

Wait. also do knee wraps count as knee socks?

"minimal" distros like arch and gentoo package everything into as few packages as possible.
That means that installing a library also installs it's dev headers and debug symbols and documentation and other shit you didn't need.

That's why a debian default installation will have 2000+ packages, because everything is kept separate, installed only when you need it.
It's real minimalism.

>>57789839
in 30 days you need to install "Burgerspace"

install what you need, remove what you don't

>>57789713
virtualbox and qemu?
plasma and gnome panel?

i planned on installing cowsay really. Burgerspace has 3 additional packages as dependencies.

>3015 on my desktop
>89 on my box

ayyy lmao

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>>57788945
>more=better

more relevant: number of explicitly installed packages

% pacman -Qe | wc -l
327

>>57789914
was meant for >>57789872

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>>57788945
>I see lots of screenfetches on /g/ where losers have as little as 600 packages installed.
Here's a secret for you... 99% of Linux screenshots are from people who run it in a VM. They also don't run it for a long time and just experiment with it. Most of the people here don't even use Linux as their main OS. That's why people have so few packages installed.

ps: yes. Linux is a meme.

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>>57789929
>>57789655
>mfw arch devs don't split packages into -dev or -devel, for bonus screenfetch points in /g/ threads.

>>57789866
>why a debian default installation will have 2000+ packages
see >>57789840

I managed to do it with less than 1000

Of course with no window manager.

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>>57788945
>>57788960
>>57789428
>>57789559
>>57789655
>>57789805
>>57789839
>>57789929
>bash

>>57789866
i don't think you know what you're talking about

A minimal Debian installation is smaller than a minimal Arch installation.

>>57789866
debian has 2000+ packages because most default DE metapackages include shiittones of shit. Gnome : every "bloat" gnome-something package, 12 gnome-games, gimp, inkscape (inkscape has alot of dependencies too), libreoffice, firefox with a iceweasel>firefox dummy package, polari, gnome dictionary ,mutt, bsd-mail utils, etc etd.
If you would just install core packages from an base debian install you would still have more packages installed than on arch because arch does less splitting. Nothing wrong with any of this in any way though.

>>57790074
>If you would just install core packages from an base debian install you would still have more packages installed than on arch because arch does less splitting
The base Debian packages take up less space than the base Arch packages.

>>57790091
Well i did not mention "space" because the guy asked about the "number of packages". And yes it does because arch doesnt split -dev packages, and those take some space.

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Why do you guys have so few packages? Do you not use your computers? Is your the repository of your distro dead?

>>57790014
>master of ls and cd.
>bash no longer hipster enough.
tips_fedora.jpg

>>57790167
Only need a browser to shitpost, m8

>>57790014
>i need a great shell to write "apt-get install/update/dist-upgrade/purge/autoremove" and sudo nano /some/file into
most people would do the same with <half of the bash features.

>>57790167
did you start splitting packages into files kevin?

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>>57790167
>23728 packages

>>57790167
wow did you download all packages in the solus repo?

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script screenfetch.log
screenfetch
exit
vim screenfetch.log
alias screenfetch="more screenfetch.log"

Why does it matter how many packages you have, it's never been a problem maintaining 300 or 3000. /Thread

>>57789428
Less than is correct.

Where do packages come from. Like, when you install a distro, and download packages, where are they coming from? Some central place or what?

>>57790479
A server in the NSAs basement

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>>57788945
?

>>57788945
>Packages: 2173

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>>57788945
Look at the smallest benis in this thread sempai~
also
> I see lots of screenfetches on /g/ where losers have as little as 600 packages installed
Don't be this retarded please. I can package fucking krita with all deps into one package, or split every library into separate, depending on purpose.
Number of packages literally describes how unixway-ish OS is, not it's complexity desu.

>>57789216
dude stop ruining my end game

check - less than 1000 packages installed
check - 1366x768 resolution maximum
- i3 or dwm window manager
- 60% mechanical keyboard imported from Taiwan with custom lubed o-rings and /fa/ggot colored Miami keycaps
- knee socks
check - never do anything actually useful with your computer

>>57790167
Woa! This is so bleeding arsehole.

>>57789016
Probably a source-based distro. Some things, like programming languages, have many features that aren't needed. On binary distros, they are split in multiple packages, in source distros, they are enabled with flags. That's why Debian-based distros have 1000+ packages on a minimal install.

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>>57790377

>>57788960
>1366x768

>>57790167
Did you just

apt-get install \*

or something?

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1200 packages here... bash isnt cool anymore? zsh is the best? (yeah, I dont post my screenfetch

>>57788945

Well fuck me.

One week ago I did a fresh install of Mint.
I only put the BARE MINIMUM for programming on it and it's already 2400+ packages..

>>57790989
>solus
>apt-get

>>57790823

kek

>>57791988
only sh is cool now.

>>57792162
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5725296/difference-between-sh-and-bash

some ppl lied to me... should have googled/baidu/duckduckgo more

(Thx anyway...)

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>>57792070
What 2 packages am I missing?

>>57792379
the ones he uses(tm)

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I honestly thought it'd be higher. I've been on this install for 2 years now and I do everything from it, yet I had to install 7 more packages just to take this screenshot.

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>>57788945
tfw below average
>inb4 kevinnet

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Acer poorfag reporting in, do I win?

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r8 me

duuude binaries sitting on my hard drive are major BLOAT! it's like you don't understand computers and can't install arch or even fizzbuzz like myself

>>57789897
Yeah, what of them

>>57795253
gay/gay

>>57795253
that 2015 rMBP is the best computer apple ever made.. which means it's the best laptop in existence.

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Joining the bandwagon

1600 packages on my main machine, i must be faggot

Enjoy your bloat.

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>tfw when you fell for the 24gb ram meme
>using 17gb
> xD

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>>57788945
>not having 0 packages installed
are you even trying?

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>>57789123
>thinking that 8GB RAM and an i7 is fast

>>57798456
What's the point of 24GB RAM with that shitty FXPOO CPU?

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I only have 700+ because I just reinstall Arch instead of updating.

>>57799006
>I just reinstall Arch instead of updating.
typical makiposter

>>57799006
>typical t400 user

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>>57799118
It's actually an x200. Get it right, b-baka.

>>57799205
At least that's better. I've got an x200t myself.

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>>57799214
it's okay anon. i won't tell no one.

>>57789954
I doubt this is true.

It's more likely they're all running it on their laptops.

>>57799118
funnily enough, i >>57799041 use a t400

>>57799006
For what purpose? It's a rolling distro.

>>57799347
Then we are all Core2Bros

>>57790167
>[heavy breathing]

>>57789797
>LTS 4.4
>ancient

>>57788945
i prefer non-systemd distros that are easy to use and easy to customize,

i dont use distros that are difficult and tedious to install because i dont want to waste time with long tedious installs, heck even Slackware dont have a long tedious install, i can go from booting up the install DVD to finishing the install and checking email and surfing the internet in less than 30 minutes,

making something difficult does not make it better

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>>57788960

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So comfy =)

>>57788945
why would i want >1500 packages that i would never use? i have better use for that space on my laptops ssd.

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i can do everything i want with this.

>>57801391
you can hide your name but now I know where you live...

Mr Brouillard.

I'm coming

>>57801243
>dat theme
>dose icons
>dat icon title rendering
:)

>>57801578
Well ^^
Brouillard is not a city
it's fog

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>>57801798
Well shit, that's fair game anon.

You won that shit and I aint even mad, you earned it.

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>>57801798
or should I call you maxime?

>>57795253
pro tip:
cmd+shift+4 then hold down the space bar

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>>57790167
>solus posting

>>57801391
You fucked up, maxime

>>57801391
desktop mods?

>>57802237
just gnome with extentions

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>>57789428
>moran

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Am I popular now?

>>57789604
>>57789216
>>57789547
>>57789547
>>57789547
thinkpads are 1600x900 you faggots

>>57802586
older ones come in either 1366x768 or 1600x900.

Arch Linux
Minimal install by default with drivers 200-250 pkg
Openbox tint2 / no DE WM
Webbrowsing multimedia security office file manager text editor 450-500 pkgs
Anything else is just bloat
Ex steam on x64 100 more packages
DE 150-200 pkgs

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>>57788945
I'd just like to interject for a moment. What you're referring to as Linux, is in fact, GNU/Linux, or as I've recently taken to calling it, GNU plus Linux. Linux is not an operating system unto itself, but rather another free component of a fully functioning GNU system made useful by the GNU corelibs, shell utilities and vital system components comprising a full OS as defined by POSIX.

Many computer users run a modified version of the GNU system every day, without realizing it. Through a peculiar turn of events, the version of GNU which is widely used today is often called "Linux", and many of its users are not aware that it is basically the GNU system, developed by the GNU Project.

There really is a Linux, and these people are using it, but it is just a part of the system they use. Linux is the kernel: the program in the system that allocates the machine's resources to the other programs that you run. The kernel is an essential part of an operating system, but useless by itself; it can only function in the context of a complete operating system. Linux is normally used in combination with the GNU operating system: the whole system is basically GNU with Linux added, or GNU/Linux. All the so-called "Linux" distributions are really distributions of GNU/Linux.

Daily reminder that Arch packages are twice as huge as other distros packages, because Arch doesn't split packages into binary, source, etc. Means, a Ubuntu install with 1200 packages is just as huge as an Arch install with 600 packages.

>>57802678
Make me yours, Stallman-san

>>57802697
>>57789932

>>57802521
not him but
>not catching grammer

>>57802586
are you just pretending to be retarded? what about x201-220?

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oh sweet is this the screenfetch thread?

>>57789929
how the fuck is your CPU clocked so high?

>>57789713
> virtualbox-ext-oracle

Oh god kill it with fire.

>>57789840
>"aesthetic zsh $PS1"
i used a multiline PS1 for a while, but it got a bit annoying.
now i just use

PS1="%(1j.%j .)%# "
RPS1="%~"

>>57789770
>>57789612
>>57789551
>>57789522
neeeerds

>apt-cyg list | wc -l
>236
:^)

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>>57788945

>>57806804
XCF (GIMP)
uploadfiles dot io / 8a420

>>57790784
very informative, thanks dude

>>57793398
> Arch
> zsh
> i3
> 726 Packages
I love you dude

>>57788945
>Having lots of programs installed means lots of work on linux

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>>57788945
I'm pretty okay with sub 2k.

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Rate me /g/
:^)

>>57789929

>i5
>6.3Ghz

What kind of liquid nitrogen magic are you using to overclock like that?!?!?!

>>57791061

110 packages too many

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>>57789655
>Ayylienware

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>>57788945

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I wish I had less packages installed.