(No provocation)
I see these reasons:
- newbie
- lazy (don’t wanna edit config files etc.)
- unique features (like assistant/toolbox, some optimizations like in cachyos)
- wanna check how different systems are set up (that’s rather distrohopping)
Personally, I used manjaro i3 when I was beigginer and wanted to see how tiling WM should be configured (check out ranger config, for example). But after some time, I don’t see reasons why not to just customize pure arch (same with debian and debian-based distros).
Using Garuda Linux.
I’m a lazy newb who enjoys QOL features and Gardua has a bunch of those. For instance - suggests which gaming apps to install during the initial set up, and comes with a “Garuda Toolbox” which helps take care of OS maintenance.
Same. Garuda has by far been the most “it just works” OS i’ve used.
I used EndeavourOS for a long time. I liked it mainly for the Sway config making it all so nice out of the box. And of course the easy install.
What differences are there between Endeavour’s sway config and sway’s own default config?
Neat, what is that, waybar and fuzzel? rofi?
Ay, also, props for using kagi. You a paying customer? Thinking of it myself but I’m not sure the pricing is for me. Either way it seems pretty alright, results wise. The privacy is also nice. Using the free tier right now. 100 searches/month is puny though. It’s a good tease. 😅
Yea that 100 searches runs out really quickly! That’s how they get you: offer a great service for free with limits, a very cheap subscription to switch to, and within months you’re on it :D But I do like it. Upvoting, downvoting sources so they move up or down in each subsequent ranking, or blocking sources outright. All very convenient!
As for the bars, waybar on the EOS version, but what the vanilla sway came with, I can’t remember. Also, I made the switch to niri+DMS last week, saying goodbye to Sway after many years. Mainly for the extra workspaces, as the 9 in sway was too limited.
Definitely seems like a great service so far, agreed!
Ah, nice! I’m also on Niri, but with Noctalia shell. I came from over a decade on i3, then a short while on Hyprland, then on to Niri. Thought I would write my own bar using Quickshell, but it turns out several others had already done so, and a muuuch more comprehensive system as well. 😆 Very nice.
haha indeed, why reinvent the wheel :D I hadn’t heard of Noctalia, it looks beautiful. Once I’m done gawking over DMS, I might try switching :)
Yeah it’s great. I tried DMS and Noctalia very briefly before settling on Noctalia. They’re very similar in purpose and functionality I would say. Mess around with the settings and see what your vibe is and what your gut tells you, is what I would say. Very much down to preference. Best of luck!
Because pure Arch does not give me a choice of init system (Artix)
I chose EndeavourOS initially because I was relatively new to Linux (I tinkered with Ubuntu in grade school) and wanted out of Microsoft’s environment. The support community is amazing and newbie-friendly. They’ve helped me through a few bricked systems.
Now I’m at a crux because I own a 1080 and am tired of mistakenly breaking my installation because NVIDIA stopped supporting open source drivers for old cards. I felt uncomfortable building my own driver packages and was relying on AUR, but the recent security breach has me skittish.
Rather than switch to another distro (Mint being the top contender), I decided to replace my graphics card and stay with Endeavour because it seems the Arch distros are the only ones staunchly against age verification laws. I’m fortunate enough to be in a position to update and stick with Endeavour. Maybe when I actually get good at Linux I’ll switch to pure Arch.
Manjaro is too logical in multiple ways.
I tried pure Arch. Installed it and then realized I have to set up everything myself and lost all motivation. Didn’t know about archinstall at that time. Found CachyOS and stuck with it. It runs perfectly and I see no reason to switch.
I love the rolling release model, and the AUR. (I even maintain some applications ok AUR.) I have installer and used pure Arch in the past, if only for the rite of passage.
But nowadays I mostly use EndeavourOS. It’s basically Arch once it’s installed, but has a nice and fast installer, with great defaults. Also, the community is awesome. I rarely need any help anymore, but I still like hanging out in their forums helping others, and generally chatting about non-Linux stuff.
Definitely not a good time to love the AUR rn tho
Idk, I feel like it’s blown out of proportions a bit. It’s always supposed to be unsupported, and users are supposed to look at the PKGBUILD files. I know most people don’t, but I don’t think that’s AUR’s fault.
I used to use Arch, but I dropped it for CachyOS sometime last year. Cachy is just slightly faster for gaming for me, and since that’s my biggest use, there was no really compelling reason why I should use it instead of Arch. Same experience, slightly better performance while gaming, and no additional work to set up. It’s just win after win.
FWIW, you could install CachyOS’s kernel on Gentoo. It exists as a package.
ArtiX because I don’t want age verification systemd on my computer.
I have no reason to use a raw distro that requires customization when there’s a better version that already comes preconfigured.
SO I CAN FEEL SUPREME!!!
And so I can configure EVERYTHING
But I dont use Arch right now.
Fedora has a nice “ecosystem” or more like unixsystem", too and its ready out of the box and has copr similar to aur which is integrated in the official dnf package manager and super-frequent updates including kernel ones AND last 1-2 kernels for backup… it seems much better than Arch, right off the bat thought.
Gentoo, on the other hand… yes okay maybe a decent PC required… but… it feels good
I use CachyOS because I don’t feel like going through the hassle of installing drivers for my 1070ti. The kernel optimizations are nice, tho.
i used to use manjaro because i was scared of the text based installer for Arch. Also i liked the shade of green
I’ve installed arch manually a few times. The last time I did it I had issues with my nvidia gpu and plasma glitching out drawing weird lines on the screen. I got tired of trying to fix it and went back to windows for a while. Figured I’d try crunchyos to see if their setup resolved that and it did. And now that it’s installed there’s no reason to uninstall.
Pretty much sums up to being lazy and not wanting to fiddle with configs, we’re perfectly fine with KDE. Plus it’s a great way to familiar ourselves with since our so uses the same distros (Cachy)
Other (bigger reason) is that it’s a no fuss arch experience. Even get a little button to update everything for you, it’s pretty nice since we just need the thing to work cuz it’s also the save pc we use for work.
