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What's the best way to bundle those?



Just don't. Why bundle stuff if the user can just install it using the package manager?

It's easier to add to the system than remove redundant packages, and if the distro developers focus on the repositories and package management software it benefits everyone much more. That's one of the big reasons people go for Arch.

Nobody cares if LibreOffice or Inkscape or whatever is preinstalled. Just put a usable appstore on the taskbar by default, it works for smartphones too. Many distros are about as necessary as Samsung's or LG's customized Android builds.


Why would you bundle them at all?


I think Ubuntu-style 'flavours' of distro pattern work well. They're called Spins in Fedora.




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