Comment by epistasis
2 days ago
Thanks for this, it's so helpful for people trying out a new platform.
I'd love to have something like this for Linux desktops as well. Maybe a website that has app-lists, where people can then potentially add info about their use cases and reasoning for their choices. Could be a great subreddit!
I tried Omarchy specifically because installed an opionated selection of apps to covered most bases, and it got me started in Arch fairly quickly. I've now completely swapped out all the components so I no longer use Omarchy at all, but it was a great way to get back into desktop Linux after being away for 20 years.
Maybe you might want to try out my zarch[1] repo, which is a Linux on ZFSBootMenu installer script for ArchLinux with configurable profiles - basically a folder with some package listings.
The t480s profile is my personal Notebook config, which is not fully up to date but probably a pretty good start. You can also only take a look at the archpkg.txt and the aurpkg.txt to see the packages that I'm using.
1: https://github.com/sandreas/zarch