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Thinking about making the big switch – recommend me a distro! (lemmy.ca)

submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Hey all, I've been thinking about making the jump from Windows to Linux as my daily-driver and I've been struggling on what distro to use.

On my laptop I've been using Fedora's KDE Spin for a bit but I can't say I really like KDE all that much. I took that Distrochooser test and 9/10 of the suggestions were all Ubuntu-based or Arch-based for some reason lol.

I would prefer a distro that "just works" but I'm not scared of having to troubleshoot or fix things. I guess I'm just looking to see what everyone else uses and what you all recommend. Thanks!

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I would highly recommend against Manjaro... While Manjaro is Arch based, I would recommend against using AUR packages with Manjaro even though it is Arch based. Getting packages from AUR often times ends up breaking Manjaro. Dependencies conflicting when using AUR with Manjaro is one of the biggest reasons I would avoid it.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Manjaro doesn’t even think it’s Arch anymore…

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I tried Manjaro, but quickly switched back to Arch. I thought Manjaro would be a "Simplified Arch Experience with KDE" and man oh man, was I in for a "treat"

I do not recommend Manjaro over Arch, and I do not recommend Manjaro at all.

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

If you want a simplified Arch experience you might wanna try EndeavourOS

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Heard good things, but after Manjaro, I decided I don't need it simplified and that I'll just learn!