This is definitely not a Shitpost. Pick a Linux distro and advertise it for me.
(wanted something else than Ubuntu or Mint for my laptop that BinBos destroyed)
You know, every Linux distro has its own unique charm, and I love that about the Linux ecosystem. But there’s something incredibly rewarding about being able to build your operating system, piece by piece, tailored to your needs, like fitting together pieces of a puzzle. And that’s exactly what Arch lets you do!
Arch Linux comes with a ‘bare minimum’ base and allows you to add on top of that. It means no bloatware, no unwanted apps. It’s like building your dream home, starting from the foundation, and adding only what you love and need. You are in full control, and there’s no ‘standard’ package set that determines what your system should look like.🏗️
Then comes the famed rolling release model, which means updates are continuous, and you never have to reinstall or jump through hoops to upgrade to the latest and greatest. It’s like being on a river that’s constantly moving, keeping you on the cutting edge of software development. ⏩
The package manager, Pacman, is another gem, making package management simple and efficient. And did I mention the AUR (Arch User Repository)? It’s a treasure trove that contains pretty much every piece of software you could need, and if it’s not there, you can package it yourself and share it with the community! 📦👥
I know, some people might say Arch can be demanding, especially for beginners. And yes, there’s a learning curve, but isn’t that true for anything worth doing? With the Arch Wiki by your side (it’s nothing short of an encyclopedia, really! 📚), the learning becomes a journey, an adventure!
In a nutshell, Arch Linux gives you freedom, full control, keeps you at the forefront of software releases, and offers you a vibrant community to learn from and contribute to. So, why not take the plunge and give it a try? It’s an experience I wouldn’t trade for anything else. 🚀
#ArchLinux #DIY #RollingRelease #LinuxLove #OpenSource
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holy hell
Hannah Montana Linux its the best of both worlds!
I dunno, getting it installed on modern machines is quite The Climb
Ik quite difficult…
But in all seriousness I’d reccomend fedora, I don’t have the best experience with it but my friend owns it and raves about its UI. I use Linux mint personally and I’m not changing for these reasons:
1)my Acer laptop and Acer in general make it a pain to install Linux on, the only operating systems I can practically install on my laptop are Ubuntu based and even that was a pain, I had to dig through many Linux forms to solve my problem (the awnser very hidden and not many upvotes probably about 7) maybe I’m an idiot idk I’m not an expert.
2)I don’t like change I like the user interface of windows 10 but I don’t like the adware and bloatware. I CBA dealing uninstalling candy crush soda again. So I’m unlikely going to change.
Hope that helps! use fedora BC my friend raves about it, sorry I don’t have any other info about it.
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These worlds being Hell and Disney.
Quick question: what’s the difference?
Hell doesn’t have as much music.
debian, stable 🗿 and with flatpaks you can get the latest software. debian and flatpaks is a match made in heaven
Debian 12, install and forget
openSUSE (tumbleweed):
- rolling distro but actually stable ( unlike arch ;) )
- snapshots per default
- has one of, if not the most advanced sys management gui
- buildservice (similar to the aur)
- most feature rich installer
- almost all desktop environments are available ( KDE, Gnome, XFCE, sway, cinnamon, etc)
- best logo ^^
Not that popular but technologically one of the best!
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Any suggestions for a first time arch user installing it on a second SSD in my existing system with Windows 10? Do I need a boot efi partition first when setting up partitions? I plan disabling secure boot so I can use reFind for my boot manager
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Awesome ty 4 the help. Will hopefully finish getting this set up this weekend! Cheers
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Garuda is beautiful. It is arch based using the original arch repos. It uses btrfs with automated snapshots which is pretty handy. It runs awesome on my two laptops.
I too use Garuda. Running it on both my gaming desktop and my laptop, works really well on both.
Underrated distro. Great for gaming and all levels of linux
@spacesweedkid27
Debian, is definitly good to substitute Ubuntu. Although as mentioned flatpak/appimg is a must. Example: waterfox installed from outside repo made for Debian bookworm complains about dependecy issue, Ubuntu drivers just works Debian had a discussion about non free drivers in standard repo. Repo is named non-free-firmware, and still broadcom is not in standard repo you need to add repo. In the end you’ll have low maintenance distro, setup is more engaging for some hardware.Gentoo is fun
“How I created a god complex for myself, part 1”
Any Arch-based distro because of the rolling release model, the excellent pacman package manager and the AUR.
Especially EndeavourOS. It’s Arch Linux with a Calamares installer. Not that the Arch Linux setup process is hard, but it’s a pain. I did it once and never again. EndeavourOS uses the Arch repos plus its own tiny repo with stuff like the Welcome screen, some themes and yay, so it’s pretty much Arch with different branding.
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I know that my personal case is only one data point, but I currently manage one EndeavourOS system and one Arch Linux system and except for hardware-specific issues and things I only tried to do in one machine and not the other, I have only ever had identical problems in both. And few of those, too. EndeavourOS… endeavours… (sorry) to be as faithful to the original Arch installation process as possible, except automated and optionally also installing a graphical environment.
I second that
To this day the first thing I put on my “pure” Arch installs is Yay, never going back
NixOS is great but not easy
Let me offer a different direction. FreeBSD has been around since the mid 90’s. Is damn featureful. Has a wonderful package management system. Full disclosure, I use Linux on my personal machines but FreeBSD is my server install of choice.
Let’s see, Debian 12 is impressive. I got that running on my ancient PC in my home office. For a long time, Mint was my go-to recommendation for a new Linux user and I ran it on my main PC for years. Although, with Canonical (Ubuntu) going the way they’re going, I’d have probably switched from MInt to LMDE by now if I stayed with it. For that matter, MXLinux is an excellent Debian based distro but, Debian 12 being as good as it is, I think I’d still go with Debian 12 today. If I were setting up PCs for use by students or some other group, I think I’d go with Fedora (assuming the whole kerfuffle with RHEL doesn’t impact it).
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…these days, on my personal “daily driver” PC, I run EndeavourOS. It’s basically Arch but easy to install and very nicely set up out of the gate. Friendlier community than Arch as well. It’s basically Arch for people who don’t need to go minimalist on the install and/or flex about installing Arch.EndeavourOS is so amazing! Imagine Arch Linux with all the great things that come with it, like the AUR or the Arch wiki. Now imagine that without all the hassle installing everything and writing config files to every little program. That’s EndeavourOS. It’s basically Arch linux extremely well set up. It doesn’t hold back updates like Manajaro. It also has very friendly community that can help you with any problems and isn’t toxic.
I second this comment, though I’d like to point out that the Arch community isn’t as toxic as people make it seem. Yes, there are a few very problematic people who think you should read the entire source code for every package possibly involved in your problem before asking for help, but there are a lot of helpful people too. They just have low tolerance for help vampires.
@Peruvian_Skies @spacesweedkid27 @stepan
I get where the #Arch communty is comng from with regard to the help vampires thing, because I deal wth it on a daily basis.
People just tend to prefer to ask instead of lookng things up, which won’t get you far when trying to learn something.
However, if you cannot find the answer, ask, and I almost guarantee someone will help. I never had issues with arch, but with #gentoo, I had a few really obscure issues that the forums helped me solve.
A lot my issues regard gentoo were just me not reading ALL of the documentation…
You can’t expect everyone to remember single bit of the documentation, so some tolerance should always be expected, especially if that issue cannot be solved by searching the title of it on google
I agree. The average user can’t be expected to read all of the documentation, but when you run into a problem, odds are you aren’t the first. So instead of immediately going to ask for help, maybe Google the issue for a while, at least skim the man page or try fixing it yourself before asking.
And ask well. There’s a huge difference between “I have problem X with package Y. I tried solution Z and it didn’t work. Here is some information I think could be relevant. Thanks.” and “HELP program Y isn’t worknig I dunno what to do???”.
@Peruvian_Skies @spacesweedkid27 @stepan
Yeah, phrasing your problem as completely and concisely as possible is definitely important
If you’re not aquatinted with distrowatch yet, you should pop on there. It gives overviews of many distros. Asking for recommendations is fine too, but DW is a great resource. On an older machine that needed something light, Sparky Linux was fun. I didn’t use it for it’s particular bundling but still felt smooth and solid. I’m assuming you want lightweight since you mentioned a destroyed laptop? There’s things like Puppy Linux but that feels almost too light to me and maybe didn’t feel finished to me either. Normally Id just straight up suggest Mint but you said you didn’t want that.
