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Greetings! Recently, i have ditched Windows for Linux. Why? Well, This all started with a Windows Update. I was working on a Discord bot, until my PC decided to restart without my consent. What was it? A Windows Update. I was like: "no big deal, ill just wait". Well, it was over 100+ updates. After all the updates completed, i saw the Windows 11 setup screen. Keep in mind that I was on WIndows 10 before the updates. Now at that point i really got angry. Like, I hate Windows 11. So then i went and completed the setup, and got met with ALL THE BLOATWARE REINSTALLED. So ofcourse, since i did NOT wanna use Windows 11, i backed up my data, and switched to the Secure and Free operating System, Linux. I went with arch, since i have used Ubuntu before, and it's terrible. And since i didn't wanna use any fancy Desktop Enviroments, such as GNOME, KDE, HyprLand, XFCE. I went with dwm. It looks very mininal and customizable.

Now that brings me to the question, What apps should i get rid of?

I know i did the same post like a few weeks ago, but for the sake of Privacy, i know Some apps contain Telemetry, and some Don't. But still.

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[–] index@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

If you want arch without any proprietary packages or blobs you can try Parabola

[–] prousername@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

Nah. Regular arch is good. (except from systemd)

Also, isn't "Parabola" dead? Last release was in 2022.

[–] CrypticCoffee@lemm.ee 8 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Lol. You went from Windows user to extreme Arch user in a very short period of time (SystemD hate).

[–] badcodecat@lemux.minnix.dev 2 points 1 day ago

check out artix if you want arch without systemd!