My first successful Linux installation was Slackware 3.x (I think) in ‘96 installed from a stack of diskettes on a 486DX4/120 alongside DOS 6.x and Win3.11. I don’t miss those days. Linux is so much easier now.
Fast forward to day, EndeavourOS is the 6th or 7th OS on my machine, new in January. I am happy to say even though it shipped with a license for win11pro, it has never booted win11. I nuked the partitions before it ever got a chance. I found out all debian based distros have a bug specific to my wifi hardware. Missing drivers, only found in the developers version. Unstable. It lived up to that. I tried OpenMandrake^H^H^Hiva but was experiencing a LOT of system lockups with steam and proton. Found a gamer-centric arch distro but customizing that was a nightmare. I tried Arch itself and failed. It would do all the install things like everything is beautiful then just not boot at all.
Then I find EndeavourOS. Installed without a hitch. Stable. No issues with steam/proton and can run any winders game I want.
welcome
My road started back in that time too very early to say rarly used Windows at all only for some years as of impossible to do taxes without it.. and using a cashregister that runs on windows anyway.
Welcome to EndeavourOS. I remember using DOS 2.0 and later Windows 3.0. up to Windows 11. I also remember installing Slack, but using it was just too much for me; what with having to manually install dependencies…. if I remember correctly. Now I’m using EOS with plasma 6.5.1 and I love it. At age 77 I’m thinking my distro hopping days are over and I’ll stick with EOS. It’s a great distro with a great community.
