I'm on kubuntu. I can just Google questions with ubuntu attached to the query and it tells me a gui solution if it's available. Bonus, there's far less people telling me I'm doing it wrong, they just assume I'm a newbie.
Use NixOS
The funny thing for me is I swapped to fedora after my last attempt to use arch failed spectacularly.
I've found I'm at a point where I just want my device to work and work well
Just means your over 25
/me a 42 year old that uses Arch
I take that personally.
/me adjusts my knee high socks.
I've been running cachyOS for the last few months....
i've heard a bunch of people talking about cachyos
i use endeavour os, and when i get my pc back (i moved and haven't been able to build it yet) i'm planning on installing base arch
so, what are the upsides to cachyos?
As a gaming-oriented distro, CachyOS is ready to use right out of the box. It’s similar to Endeavor, but goes a few steps further with its opinions. I’d still be using it if it weren’t for AUR’s serious malware problems.
hmmm interesting. i might use it, but now i need to know more about the AUR's malware problems. i haven't heard of them and am now kinda scared
The literal ArchWiki says you may not want to use Arch if you are happy with your current OS.
based
Install Guix
Guix's FOSS stance is cool, but Nix is much more mature
Guix's FOSS stance is... cool... I guess... but can be very impractical. The main channel only ships linux-libre which will give you problems on most modern hardware. I immediately had to add nonguix to get my laptop working.
No, the reason I went with Guix is because their tools and APIs seem/feel a bit more polished than Nix. I also feel better about learning Guile Scheme because it's a more general-purpose language than Nixlang and I just personally found it more intuitive.
But yeah Nix is definitely more mature, has more packages, and has more documentation scattered about. Also, Guix uses GNU Shepherd instead of systemd... which... I don't know how I feel about that yet...
How do you do Flakes with Guix? When I tried to use it, the closest I could get was a script using time-machine to output a lockfile, and it was still missing many other important features such as inputting other Flakes and their dependencies. Also NixOS/Home Manager have tons of configuration options that integrate with each other (i.e. Shell integrations, stylix) that Guix doesn't have so with Guix I had to use dotfiles directly which is less powerful. Also on aarch64 Guix is way bugger and like half of the large packages wouldn't compile a lot of the time, their lack of quality control was also one of the things that pushed me to Nix.
The one thing I do miss from Guix though is the containerized shells.
I don't even notice Debian, which is exactly how an operating system should work.
And yet...
Unpopular opinion: I love Ubuntu. No, I don't use snaps at all. I have an Nvidia GPU and it's literally the only OS working out of the box. Yes I tried Debian, I'm too busy to fiddle with drivers. No, I can't get rid of the GPU, I depend on it for critical workflows. I love the minimalism of Gnome. Never liked KDE/Cinnamon honestly, they're too busy for my tastes. For 15 years I've tried other distros and I'm always back on Ubuntu. I'll ride the purple penguin to my grave.
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If it works, don't try to fix it
You can have your cake and eat it too! Just install Arch in a VM to play around with without jeopardizing the stability of your main machine. Once you feel comfortable, you can make the switch. Or not. Having choices is great.
If everything is the way you like it, you are winning. Keep on winning.
I don’t get distro hopping
There are better uses for your time
But hey, do as you want
Yeah at some point they are all the same to me it's just the different package manager. Pacman, apt, yum or whatever they are calling it now a days.
Most use systemd.
I started using Arch flavors because when you have brand new hardware the latest kernel can be important. After the machine is a couple years old it doesn't really matter.
Also Endeavouros is where it's at (but don't tell the vanilla Arch people, they won't help me with my problems if they find out)
There is a lot of propaganda for Fedora these days. Something I see much less frequently for Arch and its derivatives. Isn't that meme based on old facts?
It's not propaganda. Fedora's just that good. Been using it since 2019 myself. Never felt the need to distrohop after.
Opposite experience from me. I feel at home with Debian and Arch but there was always something wrong with Fedora.
I moved to fedora after a decade on Arch.
Feels like home.
Unpopular opinion: install community distros, not corporate ones. That way you can support the developers for their hardwork. Redhat doesn't need our money, they already make enough of it. I use CachyOS, btw.
Which ones are corporate besides Redhat and what's the relation to this post?
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