I agree with the sentiment, and it's exactly why I switched from a ready made emacs setup to a custom-rolled config.
Most of the stuff bundled in it isn't really necessary, and just makes it harder to understand the clean environment if you're new to it.
Even though it's more work, it's nice to know exactly how you're configuring your own environment, and you get to learn more about it as you do configure it.
To that extent I'm not even a fan of emacs' new package manager.
Most of the stuff bundled in it isn't really necessary, and just makes it harder to understand the clean environment if you're new to it.
Even though it's more work, it's nice to know exactly how you're configuring your own environment, and you get to learn more about it as you do configure it.
To that extent I'm not even a fan of emacs' new package manager.