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Re:Ask HN: What linux distro should I start with? by macawfish on Tuesday May 30, 2017 @09:36PM (#14449907)
You might also try "Arch-Anywhere". It's got a very nice install script, and is minimal. You'll end up with a very basic installation of Arch, probably similar to the one you'd get with a more manual installation. This is how I got started using Arch, and I've learned more about Linux than I ever would have been able to with Ubuntu or Debian.

https://arch-anywhere.org/

Arch has turned out, surprisingly to be much easier to maintain, since things are well documented and consistent.

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Re:Ask HN: What linux distro should I start with? by majewsky on Wednesday May 31, 2017 @06:07AM (#14451384)
> Arch has turned out, surprisingly to be much easier to maintain, since things are well documented and consistent.

Agreed. I've moved all my private servers [1] to Arch, despite everyone warning that it will break all the time, and I've never experienced any sort of breakage (except when I did stupid things myself).

[1] Currently, there are three: one physical machine as a homeserver, and two VPS for public services.

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