Hi everyone! I’m a relatively fresh user who just made the jump from Linux Mint to EndeavourOS, and I absolutely love it here. So far, I’ve managed to go through the initial installation, set up my security and firewall rules, and spent some time on basic customization of my KDE Plasma desktop. Ev…

Welcome to the community. There are something’s I do suggest getting yourself familiar with. First keep your system running smoothly. [image] How to run a stress-free EndeavourOS Community contributions I have spent a lot of time over the last 8 years helping p…

[image] SETAWHURCIE: Your daily drivers (cli or gui tools that make life easier) CLI zoxide - a smarter cd eza - a better ls bat - a beautiful cat btop - a cooler htop fastfetch - a better neofetch tealdeer - a faster tldr ripgrep - a faster grep yt-dlp - i use this to download yt videos G…

Not a single app per se, but the combo btrfs with grub snapshots is a true lifesaver.

Welcome to team purple @SETAWHURCIE ! I agree with everything @thefrog said. First install archcanary as a good security backstop for the AUR and read the article he linked about PKGBUILDs and how to spot nefarious behavior on your own as a best-practice. Pacseek is a must-have. I agree with mos…

A few ideas, some tweaks/applications and some network stuff that you can setup if you are interested in that kind of stuff. btrfs As mentioned above, btrfs with pacman hooks that makes snapshots before updating system, that you then can boot directly into via your boot loader (grub) and restore in…

Fresh EndeavourOS user looking for app recommendations & "game changers"!

General system Newbie

thefrog October 17, 2026, 10:51am 2

Welcome to the community. There are something’s I do suggest getting yourself familiar with. First keep your system running smoothly.

There is also Our wiki and the Arch Wiki which will be super helpful so make sure to bookmark both as well

you should probably read this thread and install archcanary to help assist you with stuff from the AUR. Learn to read PKGBUILDS. Its fairly simple and can save lots of headaches later.

pacman