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Advice on switching from Kubuntu to EndeavourOS? (lemmy.sdf.org)

submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by Berny23@lemmy.sdf.org to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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I tested it a bit in a VM to get familiar with pacman and yay. Latest KDE Plasma 6 and more snaps in Ubuntu's future are the main reasons I want to switch.

As I don't use a separate home partition, I have an extra drive with BackInTime home dir backups and virtnbdbackup snapshots.

Is EndeavourOS stable enough for everyday use and would restoring home with BackInTime just work (as root user)?

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[–] Shareni@programming.dev 5 points 8 months ago (10 children)

Is EndeavourOS stable enough for everyday use

Arch is not stable, and therefore neither is endeavour. That doesn't mean you can't use it, but expect that it will break, and always have arch live media with you if you're updating your system. Btrfs or something similar will save you from a lot of frustration.

would restoring home with BackInTime just work (as root user)?

You have the VM, try it out

[–] halm@leminal.space 4 points 8 months ago (7 children)

Arch is not stable, and therefore neither is endeavour. That doesn’t mean you can’t use it, but expect that it will break

LOL what? I had more trouble with Debian updates than I do with Endeavour. You make it sound like you should keep a bucket of water handy before you even boot it up.

[–] MyNameIsRichard@lemmy.ml 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

In the month or so it's been on my laptop, it's been stable as in reliable but it's definitely not stable in the more traditional sense - unchanging.

[–] halm@leminal.space 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Fair. With the amount of updates you should have received in a month, how could it be unchanged? In a "ship of Theseus" sense, is it at all the same as when you installed it? 🧐

[–] MyNameIsRichard@lemmy.ml 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

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