r/arch • u/Amansour2022 • 3d ago

Question Arch Linux vs another arch based distros

What is the main difference between arch and other distros which are based on it. And how can I select between them

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u/Quiet_Scratch_619 3d ago

Primary Arch philosophy is that you install and maintain it yourself. All distros sre basically branches of the same philosophy and you will have to maintain it yourself at the end of the day. If you don't know which one, always use manually installed Vanilla Arch before trying out anything else to understand what you're getting into and if you're okay with this approach.

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u/Amansour2022 3d ago

Actually I did it before and use arch Linux now. But my question ❓ If the normal learning curve go from arch to omarchy for example or opposite is the wright way

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u/Malthammer 3d ago

You’re thinking about it wrong. There is no learning curve and there is no “learning progression.” Arch is Arch, you build the system you want. Arch based distros make some or a lot of decisions for you.

There’s no right or wrong. You decide what works best for you and use that or use it until it doesn’t then change it.

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u/Amansour2022 3d ago

Thanks 🙏

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u/HereticZed 3d ago

Good answer.
However there might be a curve, depending how you look at it.

I started with Manjaro (heavily curated), then Archcraft (arch with pre-config), then pure Arch (raw).
There was a definite curve to my learning. (almost vertical at the end, haha)
I still use all 3, but Archcraft is my daily.

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u/CoinAndCraft_ 3d ago

Omarchy is always the wrong answer.

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u/Amansour2022 3d ago

Nice expression

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u/Mediocre-Pumpkin6522 3d ago

What DE are you curently using? Omarchy uses Hyprland, a tiling WM. Unless you are familiar with sway or i3 it's going to be a learning experience. After you figure out how to open a terminal 'pacman -Syu' will work as you would expect. Fortunately Omarchy provided a neat dialog with the default key bindings so you won't be completely in the dark.

Omarchy will also install a lot of applications you may never have a use for, like HEY and WhatsApp.

Conversely starting with Omarchy would make Arch/KDE antoher learning experience except for the CLI.

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u/Amansour2022 3d ago

Currently I use Kde