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Linux gamers, what distro are you currently on? (beehaw.org)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by nlm@beehaw.org to c/operating_systems@beehaw.org

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I'm currently on Win11 but I'm getting that familiar Linux itch and want to dual boot a while again. I tend to gravitate towards Ubuntu simply because it's so big and well supported by most things.

I've run Arch in the past but I've gotten too old and lazy for that if I'd be completely honest. I have played with manjaro and endeavour though.. and opensuse tumbleweed, rolling is kind of nice.

Not sure what I'd try out first this time so I figured I'd get some inspiration from you guys!

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[–] Thorned_Rose@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I use Arch with KDE. I've been daily driving Arch coming up a decade now and despite testing various other distros on laptops over the years, I haven't seen anything yet to tempt me away. I heart Pacman.

Personally I find most of the laziness factor with Arch is a non issue once you get installation done. My previous install was 6 years old and the only reason I reinstalled was because I got a new PC.

That said if an installer is a must-have then I would recommend Endeavour OS or Manjaro for best of both worlds.

[–] nlm@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

True, it's not that hard to get going either I suppose. Isn't there a bunch of manual configuration after updates though? I have a faint memory of pacman telling me stuff that needed fixing after each update?

Last time I played around with Arth i tried their archinstall script I think it was. Pretty neat cli installer that worked rather well.

Endeavour is nice as well..

Gah, you guys are making me want to spin up a whole bunch of distros :D