Despite their marketing, this script does not spark joy.
Eg, they have a "zen optimize" command, which clears caches, nukes /tmp, turns swap off and on again and runs fstrim. You don't need to do any of this stuff. Clearing cache and swap will make programs run slower. Wiping /tmp can be harmful to running processes.
Generally, clearing caches will make programs run slower once (on first run after the clear), but it could speed things up if there's a massive amount of other stuff cached or if the cached thing you're trying to run got corrupted somehow.
I think it's just supposed to make installing commonly used things seem easier.
I have to admit that (assuming they both work flawlessly) it'd be easier to type "zen install steam" than it is to manually edit a file and run four commands following the directions here https://wiki.debian.org/Steam
"Optimized & Light" but also the system requirements say it needs 10 GB for the just the system itself with 25 GB+ recommended. Regular old Debian recommends 10 GB of disk space too (but allows for installations that come in under 1 GB if you really want light)
What kind of bloat did they get rid of to reach the same footprint as the OS they started from?
Haven't investigated that much so there might be some big catch I'm missing, but I really wish people would stop making custom OSes and just help out an existing project
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zentool, which is a giant bash script with hardcoded install/uninstall steps for each "package": https://github.com/Zenclora/build/blob/697c20a79b5638b4447bf...Eg, they have a "zen optimize" command, which clears caches, nukes /tmp, turns swap off and on again and runs fstrim. You don't need to do any of this stuff. Clearing cache and swap will make programs run slower. Wiping /tmp can be harmful to running processes.
It all seems like a big LLM vomit.
https://github.com/Zenclora/build/blob/697c20a79b5638b4447bf...
I have to admit that (assuming they both work flawlessly) it'd be easier to type "zen install steam" than it is to manually edit a file and run four commands following the directions here https://wiki.debian.org/Steam
What kind of bloat did they get rid of to reach the same footprint as the OS they started from?