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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

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What is your honest opinion on EndeavourOS? (lemm.ee)

submitted 2 years ago by MagneticFusion@lemm.ee to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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I made a post a few days ago asking your opinion on Manjaro and it was very mixed, with a slightly negative overall opinion. I heard some recommend EndeavourOS instead and did some online research and it seems to be pretty solid and not have the repository problem that Manjaro has.

Just for context I am a Linux noob and have only used Mint for about the past six months. While I don't have any major complaints, I am looking to explore more distros and the Arch repository with its rolling releases. I am not a huge fan of how certain packages on apt are a few years old and outdated. However, I also don't have the time to be always configuring my OS and just want something that works well out of the box.

Is EndeavourOS a solid choice?

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[–] rodbiren@midwest.social 1 points 2 years ago

You should prepare yourself to be the car enthusiast of computer users when thinking of using Linux at all, especially for gaming. You are the car but of computing when you dip into Arch based or other similar distributions. You will spend time looking at parts of the OS most people take for granted and can spend as much time as you want fiddling with tiny bits of the OS to tube it to whatever you want. So really it depends on what experience you want.

[–] heartfelthumburger@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 years ago

It's great! I'm using it as my daily driver on my desktop. Haven't run into any issues so far. It comes with some handy tools like a one click updater. So general maintenance is very easy.

[–] JavaHead@programming.dev 1 points 2 years ago

I went to EndeavourOS with i3WM (from dual boot Windows/ Ubuntu) and have been loving the experience. It's really helped push my boundaries with learning Linux.

[–] lastjunkieonearth@lemdro.id 1 points 2 years ago

Been using it the last 2 years and I find it great. Before that it was Mint about 5 years and PopOS about 2. Don't think I will ever go back to a Debian based distro

[–] mintycactus@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

That was the first distro switching from Mac. Obviously. Used for 5 days only. Everything is too simple to make it convinient and easy to use. Top taskbar is absolutly useless, yet takes some vert space. Replacing most default apps or try Mint? Mint was ok (BTW).

[–] yum13241@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Top taskbar? Are you sure you didn't use the vanilla XFCE setup or GNOME? Mint sucks and has a bad track record.

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