I'd have to do a fresh install of each to answer definitively, but off the top of my head: Debian starts with inetd, nfs stuff, rpc daemons, and a few others. Arch used to start with maybe three services in total. But I bet moving to systemd has changed that. <div>
<br></div><div>I'm going to look at Slackware. It's been a long time since I've run that. It's getting several suggestions as a replacement. <br><br>On Friday, March 15, 2013, David Tomaschik wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div dir="ltr">What services does Debian run that Arch doesn't?</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Mar 15, 2013 at 1:55 PM, James Sumners <span dir="ltr"><<a href="javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', 'james.sumners@gmail.com');" target="_blank">james.sumners@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Debian is my preferred server distro, and I ran Sid as my desktop for<br>
several years. It is not bare bones on install. There are a _lot_ of<br>
unnecessary services and packages running/installed after just<br>
installing "base".<br>
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On Fri, Mar 15, 2013 at 4:44 PM, David Tomaschik<br>
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> Debian is pretty bare-bones in a basic install.....<span></span><br></div></blockquote></div>David Tomaschik<br>OpenPGP: 0x5DEA789B<br><a href="http://systemoverlord.com" target="_blank">http://systemoverlord.com</a><br>
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</blockquote></div><br><br>-- <br>James Sumners<br><a href="http://james.roomfullofmirrors.com/">http://james.roomfullofmirrors.com/</a><br><br>"All governments suffer a recurring problem: Power attracts pathological personalities. It is not that power corrupts but that it is magnetic to the corruptible. Such people have a tendency to become drunk on violence, a condition to which they are quickly addicted."<br>
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