Re: Compact Linux distro for primarily pkgsrc based installation

[Peter Lai <cowbert%gmail.com@localhost>]

The Arch Linux ISO is 784MB. The main issue with any sort of minimal
linux install is that at minimum a gcc toolchain, binutils and a way
to get an initial pkgsrc tree onto the box (e.g. curl and any deps for
it) is required to bootstrap pkgsrc. I'm assuming you don't want to do
all the building on the physical TTY console; most minimal linux base
installs (even the CentOS one) don't even come with sshd.

On Tue, Nov 29, 2022 at 11:52 PM Mayuresh <mayuresh%acm.org@localhost> wrote:
>
> Looking for suggestions on Linux distro on which I can use "pkgsrc first"
> approach to install applications i.e. I'd use native binary packages only
> as an exception, if it's badly needed and unavailable on pkgsrc.
>
> In the bargain it should give me a very simple installation process to get
> just the bare essentials installed, preferably with installation iso size
> of under 1GB and installation time of a few minutes - somewhat like
> NetBSD.
>
> I have been using Lubuntu. But looking for something much smaller.
>
> --
> Mayuresh