What packages are crucial to Arch Linux?

This page summarizes the projects mentioned and recommended in the original post on /r/archlinux

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  • void-packages

    The Void source packages collection

  • The answer to this depends on what the distro thinks is essential. Debian for instance, includes a lot of extra stuff in it's minimal install. Here is a list of 100% essential packages from void linux https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages/blob/master/srcpkgs/base-minimal/template

  • arch-docker

    Script to create docker images based on Arch Linux on x86_64.

  • Take a look at this Docker images from 7 years ago: https://github.com/shuLhan/arch-docker

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  • compute-archlinux-image-builder

    A tool to build a Arch Linux Image for GCE

  • Another scripts for reference is the fork of Google cloud image: https://github.com/shuLhan/compute-archlinux-image-builder

NOTE: The number of mentions on this list indicates mentions on common posts plus user suggested alternatives. Hence, a higher number means a more popular project.

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