Minstall - 2.1
Early versions of Mabox relied on the Calamares installer—a popular, cross-distribution graphical installer. However, the development team, led by Stefen (aka 'Pobega'), decided that Calamares was too heavy, too slow, and introduced unnecessary dependencies. This led to the birth of (short for "Mabox install").
Deducting one point only for the learning curve of manual partitioning – but that’s not the installer’s fault; that’s Linux. Have you tried minstall 2.1? Share your experience in the comments below. For official documentation and ISO downloads, visit the Mabox Linux website (maboxlinux.org). minstall 2.1
| Installer | Graphical? | Resource Use | Arch-based? | Beginner Friendly? | Time to Install (SSD) | | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | | | No (text) | ~20 MB RAM | Yes | Medium (requires basic partitioning knowledge) | 4–6 min | | Calamares | Yes (Qt) | ~200 MB RAM | Yes (Manjaro) | High | 5–7 min | | Ubuntu Ubiquity | Yes (GTK) | ~300 MB RAM | No (Debian) | Very High | 8–10 min | | Arch Linux (manual) | No (shell) | ~5 MB RAM | Yes | Very Low (expert only) | 15–30 min | | archinstall | No (text) | ~15 MB RAM | Yes | Medium | 3–4 min | Early versions of Mabox relied on the Calamares