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[–] Haven5341@feddit.de 63 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (4 children)

Which one(s)

Arch.

why?

  1. The Arch-Wiki
  2. I like pacman
  3. The Arch-Wiki
  4. I wanted a rolling-release distribution.
  5. The Arch-Wiki
  6. It just works. I had only one more serious problem in ~8 years of running Arch
  7. Did I mention the Arch-Wiki?

Edit:

Having said that, I have an eye on immutable distros. Maybe one day I'll try one out.

[–] ndondo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 19 points 9 months ago (1 children)

EndeavourOs makes it super simple too

[–] DrRatso@lemmy.ml 7 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

So does archinstall.

[–] sarchar@programming.dev 15 points 9 months ago (1 children)

The Arch wiki really is amazing. It's also still very useful for Linux stuff in general. The qemu page has come in handy more than a dozen times.

[–] SmokeInFog@midwest.social 6 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Yeah, I use Mint and the Arch wiki is still one of my first stops when I have an issue

[–] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 1 points 9 months ago (7 children)

Is Manjaro good if I want in on this Arch goodness but don't want to spend hours configuring stuff? Coming from Fedora

[–] porous_grey_matter@lemmy.ml 3 points 9 months ago

Endeavour is better for that, after the install you'll have plain arch but with a bunch of stuff installed and already set up

[–] Haven5341@feddit.de 3 points 9 months ago

I haven't used Manjaro myself but I heard that it is not as good as Arch. Rumors I heard where that it is not as solid as vanilla Arch. YMMV.

[–] alsimoneau@lemmy.ca 2 points 9 months ago

I've been running it on my work laptop for 6 years at this point and I've had no major issues I couldn't solve.

Having said that, I recently switched my gaming rig over to endeavour and it's been great.

[–] nexussapphire@lemm.ee 2 points 9 months ago

I really have bad luck with Manjaro, even when I don't use the aur it always breaks on me. I just stick to arch, I started with it and I'm sticking with it.

[–] Luella@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 9 months ago

I've been using manjaro for around a year. It broke on me once, probably my fault, idk. I enjoy it! I've distro hopped many places and a year is a long time for me, so much about it is right for me. You'll certainly get a worthy experience of what arch is capable of, I believe.

That being said, I plan on swapping to arch really soon.

[–] WeLoveCastingSpellz@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

No. Manjaro is more likely to break than arch because they hold of updating their pakages. What you are looking for is EndavourOS. I consider it to be "the new manjaro"

[–] Nyanix@lemmy.ca 1 points 9 months ago

I've been daily driving Manjaro for 4 years without any issues. Generally speaking I'd recommend seeing if there is a flatpak for an app before using AUR. I don't update as soon as updates are out though, so usually any issues there may have been have been shmoothed over before I get to it.

[–] WeLoveCastingSpellz@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

you forgot arch wiki