Hello.
Please don’t shoot me down straight away as I am seriously wanting to get to the bottom of this question.
I am not exactly new to Linux in general and used Arch on / off for maybe 10 year ish.
Started in the 90,s when I used linux on all my daily drivers apart from work as it required MS designated software.
Anyway…that’s enough about me. LOL
So at the moment at my older years of life I still have a bit distro-hop.
I am currently running Arch on a little Dell 5510 and it runs quite nice and I customize it to my liking with a KDE Plasma DE and remove that hideous discover so I do all things via terminal.
Although I have never had an arch system refuse to boot at all I still run daily timeshift snapshots on a external drive. ( Just incase ).
I understand how Arch works but I don’t see myself an Arch Guru like some are.
I have tried EndeavourOS for a short time maybe about a year ago and truthfully did not give it a fair chance before I went to Debian for Stability as that was utterly important at the time.
So now can I ask if there will be any immediate advantages by re-installing EndeavourOS.
I want Stability and reliability in a distro that will work without having to worry about it breaking with updates.
Is the pre installed software a bonus or a bloat.
I normally install basic things, Firefox, Office, Timeshift, Disks, gimp, openshot and Kdenlive.
Outside the Norm I only use AUR for Etcher and ventoy otherwise I would not bother with yay.
I am truthfully unsure if the “hop” to EndeavourOS will be required or help me in any way.
Like I say Arch has worked for me and I look after it but I read loads of horror stories about it going “tits up” LOL.
Thanks in advance.
Welcome @anon82031179
Advantages of EOS is that it is KISS! You will feel right at home with your past knowledge and experience with Arch. You can make it what ever you want. It doesn’t come with discover either. There are a few EOS apps and i think you will find them very useful. EOS is very vanilla.
Thanks mate I really appreciate your input.
I have the ISO on a pen drive now, so later today I think I will give it another whirl.
Tried Tumbleweed but could not get away with that as you have to drive it slightly different to what I am used to.
I am pleased to hear that Discover is not included. LOL
One of my pat hates that.
Cheers
The advantage of Debian is that it is stable as unchanging. The disadvantage is that the software is quite old, although patched for security issues etc. If stability is important to you then Debian or openSUSE Leap are the ways to go.
The advantage of Endeavour is that it is Arch with a nice installer and good out of the box setup. It is unstable in that you get the latest versions of software very quickly. This has the disadvantage that being on the bleeding edge can sometimes go wrong. All I can say is that I have been running Endeavour for the better part of a year and because I have kept my eye on the Arch news and made any manual tweaks required, it has been completely reliable.
I know what you mean honest. But like you say some things are oldish and I do like a bit more up to date stuff without having to use kernels and other stuff without having to use backports.
I love a rolling release though. hahahaha
Cheers
LOL. I am like that…so undecided at times. I can work with Grub quite well with knowledge without having to ask too much. hahahaha
Grub is just so easy like a pair of old slippers.
I might do that mate.
I was hoping that maybe EOS had something in similar to tumbleweed that stops you installing things that will break your system.
Maybe I am looking for something that does not exist. LOL
At the moment I am like others and look at Arch news to see whats nasty and will give you a bad head. hahahaha
I like Arch really but the community is a bit to be desired.
With all the RTFM sh1t and the I use Arch BTW …what a load of crap all that is.
I say its only another Linux distro and by installing it does not make you elite.
Most of it is copy and paste anyways.
I feel the community expects everyone to read and understand the wiki but I know people who cant absorb the content and need it explained in laymen terms so they can understand better.
Thats the option I give people when they come to me with an Arch related problem or question.
Arch says KISS but users say MICS ( Make it complicated stupid ).
Thanks lads absolutely great discussion group you have here.
You have all this with your current debian installation. Why do you want to leave debian? If stability is what counts for you, you will never find something better than debian. Why are you looking for something else?
