# Welcome on the General system category **URL:** \ **Category:** General system\ **Created:** [June 27, 2019, 7:44am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/welcome-on-the-general-system-category/11 "2019-06-27T07:44:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bryanpwo](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/bryanpwo/32/130600_2.png) [@Bryanpwo](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/Bryanpwo)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2019, 7:44am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/welcome-on-the-general-system-category/11/1 "2019-06-27T07:44:30Z")
Over here you can post questions and useful tips regarding packages and apps on the EndeavourOS repo and Pacman. ---
**Author:** ![Bryanpwo](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/bryanpwo/32/130600_2.png) [@Bryanpwo](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/Bryanpwo)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2019, 5:01pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/welcome-on-the-general-system-category/11/2 "2019-07-08T17:01:54Z")
2 posts were split to a new topic: [Advice on the current Beta release](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/advice-on-the-current-beta-release/240) ---
**Author:** ![Philo-Phineas](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/philo-phineas/32/3422_2.png) [@Philo-Phineas](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/Philo-Phineas)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2019, 4:29am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/welcome-on-the-general-system-category/11/3 "2019-12-22T04:29:09Z")
Some Arch based distros are an Arch install program, some are Arch plus a few extra packages, and some use Arch as the basis for a new distro. Where does EndeavourOS fall in this spectrum? ---
**Author:** ![JKMooney](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/jkmooney/32/44028_2.png) [@JKMooney](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/JKMooney)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2021, 7:43pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/welcome-on-the-general-system-category/11/4 "2021-11-14T19:43:50Z")
I’d call it “Arch: Deluxe Edition”. It’s basically Arch with a graphical installer, a lot of useful packages installed by default, and some EndeavourOS specific tools. ---
**Author:** ![joekamprad](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/joekamprad/32/77608_2.png) [@joekamprad](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/joekamprad)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2021, 7:59pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/welcome-on-the-general-system-category/11/5 "2021-11-14T19:59:09Z")
2 years later @Philo-Phineas got the answer 😉 But closing this as it is only the info about the category and not for the discussion itself… ---
**Author:** ![joekamprad](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/joekamprad/32/77608_2.png) [@joekamprad](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/joekamprad)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2021, 7:59pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/welcome-on-the-general-system-category/11/6 "2021-11-14T19:59:14Z")