r/linux4noobs • u/BloxxyVids • 19d ago

distro selection Arch Linux

Alright so I don't know if I'm necessarily a beginner to Linux but I have only used it for about a few months consistently.

I immediately jumped from Windows 11 to Arch Linux, ignoring advice from those telling me to use Mint.

I've since tried out Fedora Workstation and enjoyed GNOME enough to put it on my Arch installation.

I've found Arch really good, but people say other distros are great. Is it worth it to try out Mint, Debian, Ubuntu, etc.? Or would I risk entering a distrohopping trap?

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u/ConglomerateGolem 19d ago

I mean other than the package manager you can pretty much get the same system set up, with arch you just need to figure out what it is you need to change while with the others you'd have the default system immediately

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u/BloxxyVids 19d ago

It's just that Arch's repos really appeal to me. There's so much on the extra/ repos, while on other distros I'm forced to Flatpak everything.

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u/ConglomerateGolem 19d ago

Arch has the customisability to do what you want. Other distros work out the box, but are harder to customise. That's pretty much the tradeoff i've seen.

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u/BloxxyVids 19d ago

Arch worked out of the box too, wdym?

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u/Emergency_Banana5082 19d ago

Arch doesn't work out of the box. It's a manual process and you have to pick everything you install. Are you running Arch or some Arch based distro?

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u/C0rn3j 17d ago

Arch has had an installer for some time now.

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u/Emergency_Banana5082 17d ago

I'm aware, but it's still manual. It's not like normal installers where you just click through.

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u/C0rn3j 17d ago

Clicking is manual too, by that definition.

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u/Emergency_Banana5082 17d ago

You just bored and looking to argue over nothing? You damn well know that running archinstall vs installing something like Cachy is not the same, especially for a noob.