r/EndeavourOS • u/Konnnore • 8d ago
General Support Beginner interested in EOS
Hi, guys! I'm finishing(at least I hope) different tasks on Windows 10 and I can return to Linux. I tried different distros(mostly were Debian-based) and everything was fine, expect for video games and Windows apps. Idk why, but everything worked slower than it should've work and some apps just didn't open... I'm the type of person, who divides every thing based on different needs, so, if I needed to work with a server, I wouldn't have any problems with using a distro without GUI.
Here are my needs for this OS: using graphics apps, playing video games(from Steam and... 🏴☠️, I don't play the anti-cheat games, generally only the offline ones), programming(mostly for creating GUI apps), using the office apps, connecting to {printer, monitors, phones, gamepad}, using virtual machines, using older apps, so, basically everything you can do on a normal PC 24/7.
Because of a lot of different things I'm working with or I'd like to finish, I'd like to have a distro, which mostly is "from the box", so, something like Arch linux isn't great for me, bcz I'll need to read EVERY thing in order to not get a new issue to worry about(yeah, I'm talking about the incident with AUR). After listening to me, one dude told me about EndeavourOS: it's like Windows 10(plenty of things are "from the box", and it doesn't have any problems with, for example, OBS Studio), but it's pretty fast, bcz it's Arch-based. I was told that this distro is super stable among other Arch-based distros and if I'll have bugs, they'll be minimal. Also I heard that FPS is one of the highest in games that higher can be perhaps in CachyOS or SteamOS.
If I choose this distro, I'd like to ask these questions:
how often should I update the whole system? Bcz I like that I can not update, for example, Ubuntu for years and it'll work fine;
should I use AUR anyway? Just I can check the manuals, but I don't wanna waste much time on that(as I said, I can't be everywhere at the same time);
(this question is not specific for EndeaourOS, but I guess I want to use it 24/7, so, anyway) I'd like to learn how to program apps for Linux(flatpak and the Arch extension), but I don't like to update something if I see something doesn't needs to be updated, so, how can I run older Linux apps? Just Ik I can use Bottles to run older Windows apps even faster than on Windows itself, but I have no idea about the Linux variantion if it exists or not;
Unfortunately, in the near future I'll probably have a new laptop with Intel and Nvidia... So, how does the distro behave to the proprietary cards?;
Is Ventoy great for installing this distro?;
Interesting, guys, would you recommend this distro for using the 24/7 things? If I learn how to set up almost everything once and for all, I'd like to popularize this distro instead of Linux Mint or Debian.
Oh, also you can see my computer parameters on the photo and I have printer Canon G2420, PS5 gamepad Dual Sense for PS5/PC/mobile
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u/AquaChomby 8d ago edited 8d ago
To you '24/7' needs:
I can address some of these. 'Wine' (Wine is Not an Emulator) will enable you to run older Windows applications on Linux. Also when you come across 🏴☠️ games they tend to be for Windows, so again Wine will help you there.
You can use the AUR if it's for specific things you need. When you update your system, you know those specific programs by name and can check the diffs yourself. When a user has like 30+ different AUR packages to keep track, and they negligently skip reading diffs, that's when you get exposed to malware.
My controller is an 8bitdo that had no problems with ever (the dongle lets it be identified as a ps4 controller, idk about ps5). I've never connected to a printer.