Hello, I’ve been using manjaro xfce for a few months now and I’m starting to wonder if I would enjoy any other distros more, I’m not really a technical person but I really do enjoy linux so i’m willing to learn new things.
I’m looking for a distro that is minimal while not being too complex, (Manjaro keeps breaking itself for a laugth)
Please leave distro recommendations in the comments below I will be sure to play with them in live boot or in a Vm.
Thank you and have a good day, Sebo
EndeavourOS, or vanilla Arch Linux by using the Archinstall script that comes with the iso file (or the old fashioned way of following the Arch Wiki and doing it manually through the command line, if you’re up for it). Personally, I’d go with Endeavour. Not only because I’m lazy, it’s rock solid in general, and easy to install via the GUI installer (by comparison, the Archinstall interface is…passable, IMO), Archinstall can sometimes fail, and it can be…weird with what it leavws out (ex: I tried Archinall and XFCE once. Still had to install the user dictionaries post installation. Never found out if it still does that in the newer iso’s).
Do keep in mind that Endeavour is on the light-ish side, you might need to install a couple of things to make it feel more feature complete, and also you’ll have to use the terminal for updating the system, installing stuff, and maintanance–tho nothing is stopping you from grabbing Pamac of the AUR (which is set up and ready to go on first boot) and doing stuff through there instead like you did in Manjaro.
I went from Manjaro to Arch. Installed by command line (took a few tries to get it done… ) I tried their installer but it wasn’t very good. Have also run Endeavour on a second pc for a while but I prefer pure Arch.
You don’t need to do the manual install, there is script withing the installation iso that makes it much easier, just run archinstall
Yes i know, i tried it about two times, but found it extremely poor, was easier to install it by ‘hand’
Is there any noticeable difference between endeavourOS and arch after install¿? From what I have heard and in my limited time using arch or endeavourOS, post install, things seem more or less the same.
The Arch install is much lighter, Endeavour like many other linuxes, installs programs that you may or may not require. I prefer adding programd when I require them
Doesn’t endeavourOS give an option to select(or unselect) packages which are to be installed
Not that I remember
this may not be what you have in mind when you said no but this does offer some level of customization of the install. Yes arch is much more configurable during install though
I switched from Manjaro to EndeavourOS and can confirm your experience. A lot of updates on Manjaro broke something on my system. With EndeavourOS it is different. Yes, it is really solid and makes a lot of fun for gaming. Do you have any recommended Tweaks, like you said?