I thought I'd point out that, if the default image doesn't meet your needs, you can always build your own <https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/archiso> with the packages you want. On Mon, Jul 24, 2017 at 5:29 AM Jelle van der Waa <jelle@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 07/24/17 at 09:40am, Bennett Piater wrote: > > > > > > On July 24, 2017 9:36:39 AM GMT+02:00, Junayeed Ahnaf via arch-general < > arch-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > >All fine and good but I don't see arch being installed on something > > >other than desktop/laptop. Of course there are niche cases as arch > > >server I do not doubt but how much of arch install base is traditional > > >desktop? I think it's rather high. > > You are missing the point. Many arch users don't simply install a > desktop environment and use its defaults. > > If that's what you want, you may want to use another distribution, > preferably one that focuses on your DE. > > > > I use a very minimal setup without DE, and I don't want bloated > catch-all solution that doesn't integrate nicely into my configuration, > thank you very much. > > Y'all seem to miss the point that provided on the ISO != installed > on your machine. I for one, don't see a problem with networkmanager > being installed on the ISO, nmtui works pretty well (as does nmcli), I'm > not sure however how much the ISO size will blow up. > > -- > Jelle van der Waa >
