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Smallest file system size

I have just managed to install base with s6 init on an older HP laptop.
(First time ever using s6...good learning experience)

No login manager, no DE, no pulseaudio (I autologin from tty1, use Icewm, Pcmanfm, alsa, and the Mullvad browser).

I always setup conky to show how large my HOME is and how much space it has left.  My HOME is using 4.8Gb of the 20Gb I allocated.  Seeing that got me thinking about my first Linux daily driver which was Puppy Linux some 15-20 years ago.  I used it because it was incredibly small and I needed to install on an ancient machine with hardly any HDD space.

Since then, I have always tried to keep my system size to a minimum.  (I find it incredible that a modern Windows system can take up 30-60Gb). 

This post is just for fun to see if anyone else who has installed a base system would share their total installed system size.
I'm curious where I fall in the "smallest Artix footprint" competition!

Re: Smallest file system size

Reply #1 –
91GB system files. with tensorflow, torch, rocm, wordlists, java and intel packages to blame. I should say I have many things installed in my system and I need them all.

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$ pacman -Q | wc -l
3370
 

Re: Smallest file system size

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jp@jp-artix-Acer
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OS: Artix Linux x86_64
Host: Aspire ES1-732 (V1.18)
Kernel: Linux 6.6.47-1-lts
Uptime: 2 hours, 29 mins
Packages: 1303 (pacman)
Shell: bash 5.2.32
Display (CMN1734): 1600x900 @ 60 Hz in 17″ [Built-in]
DE: Xfce4 4.18
WM: Xfwm4 (X11)
WM Theme: Daloa
Theme: Adwaita [GTK2/3/4]
Icons: breeze [GTK2/3/4]
Font: Sans (11pt) [GTK2/3/4]
Cursor: Adwaita
Terminal: xfce4-terminal 1.1.3
CPU: Intel(R) Pentium(R) N4200 (4) @ 2.50 GHz
GPU: Intel HD Graphics 505 @ 0.75 GHz [Integrated]
Memory: 1.75 GiB / 3.66 GiB (48%)
Swap: 279.75 MiB / 19.91 GiB (1%)
Disk (/): 11.65 GiB / 19.06 GiB (61%) - ext4
Disk (/media/77): 711.70 GiB / 873.04 GiB (82%) - ext4
Local IP (eth0): 192.168.1.10/24
Locale: fr_FR.UTF-8