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Endeavouros alternatives? (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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I dont have any problem with it i simply would like to see peoples different opinions, so, this is what the system would be generally used for/what id like it to do:

  1. stay out of my way (just work), ex: i dont get any notifications i dont want from the system itself and all i need to do is type 3 letters to initiate an update

  2. requires little ram to actually use (not really needed due to hardware but simply to reduce the pcs noise as much as possible, bonus points if programs generally do the same thing on it)

  3. Doesnt require too much fiddling (endevouros never needs this generally, when installing something it usually installs everything you need for things to work, i prefer GUIs usually but if its deadsimple commands like yay its fine as well)

  4. I game and stream so both would need to be doable as easy as possible (i use obs, when it comes to games i usually do emulation and try to avoid proton)

id love to hear what yall would recommend, thanks yall in advance

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[–] Rustmilian 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Arch

[–] GustavoM 6 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Don't know why folks are downvoting you, but you aren't wrong.

[–] Rustmilian 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

They've never heard of Archinstall or BTRFS system snapshots.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Don't know why folks are downvoting you, but you aren't wrong.

OP isn't experienced in any way. He/ she probably only used EndeavourOS because it looks cool out of the box.

Arch and arch based distros are fine by itself, but not if you want something reliable and dislike the CLI, like they mentioned. That's just a recipe for desaster!

In my personal opinion, you should either install "real" Arch or no Arch at all. The main pro of it is the extreme customization if you set it up yourself when you know what you're doing, but by using something pre-configured you have all the disadvantages but no advantage.

For the AUR, I just use distrobox, safely from my immutable Fedora Silverblue base. I still get the newest Arch stuff, without having to worry about a broken system tomorrow.

We now almost convinced OP to use Mint or Silverblue, since they're waay easier to maintain and are more robust.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

He wanted something that just works and have very straightforward updates. On Arch you should read Arch News and check the output from updates to make sure no manual intervention is required, you need to understand Pacsave/Pacnew files, etc. One can coast along for a while without this but one day things can suddenly get funny.