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(Constructively) What is your least favorite distro & why? (lemmy.ml)
submitted 9 months ago by gianni@lemmy.ml to c/linux@lemmy.ml
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I’ve been distrohopping for a while now, and eventually I landed on Arch. Part of the reason I have stuck with it is I think I had a balanced introduction, since I was exposed to both praise and criticism. We often discuss our favorite distros, but I think it’s equally important to talk about the ones that didn’t quite hit the mark for us because it can be very helpful.

So, I’d like to ask: What is your least favorite Linux distribution and why? Please remember, this is not about bashing or belittling any specific distribution. The aim is to have a constructive discussion where we can learn about each other’s experiences.

My personal least favorite is probably Manjaro.

Consider:

  • What specific features/lack thereof made it less appealing?
  • Did you face any specific challenges?
  • How was your experience with the community?
  • If given a chance, what improvements would you suggest?
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[–] Snoopy@jlai.lu 15 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

Unpopular opinion :

  • Arch, i installed it long ago so i can't remember anything except that i spent lot hours for its installation.
  • Reason : spend a lot time reading the wiki without an easy installer...even Ubuntu was better but i wanted a challenge and a better uderstanding on linux.
  • Some AUR package didn't work.
  • Why Arch ? To get the lastest os and package as i had a recent gaming laptop.

So I changed and prefered manjaro with its ui for linux os, graphic card...but some thing were broken...than i settled Pop-Os for 3 years and distrohopped again for immutable os : Vanilla OS and Fedora Kinoite. :)

Another distro :

  • Ubuntu
  • reason : snap and various decisions.
[–] Falcon@lemmy.world 7 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I enjoyed arch for how straight forward the install was.

Gentoo however, every time I do that from scratch it’s with X, Westland is NetworkManager that give up (my recommendation is oddlamma installer)

[–] Snoopy@jlai.lu 4 points 9 months ago

Yeah Arch is straight forward but is require an amazing amount of focus and concentration. :)

I should try gentoo as my next challenge, i guess i won't like it but in fact, i enjoy those challenge and trying new stuff. ^^

[–] wuphysics87@lemmy.ml 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

You need to learn how bullets work, my friend.

[–] Snoopy@jlai.lu 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Bullets in markdown ?

* like this ?
* or like that ?
[–] wuphysics87@lemmy.ml 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

As in what does it mean to itemize. In this case to make an unordered list.

[–] Snoopy@jlai.lu 2 points 9 months ago

Sorry, my english comprehension is rusty. It is an unordered list. I used it to improve readibility on phone and separate topics.

If the topic is mixed in a paragraphe i would have a harder time to quickly retrieve informations. Here you can read Arch and ubuntu and why in a single glance.