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[–] [email protected] 79 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (15 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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (9 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 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.

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